Newport

:For other Newports, see Newport (disambiguation).

Culture and arts

Newport is known for its many works of civic art, including the steel Wave on the banks of the Usk, and the mechanical clock in the city centre. It also has one of the few remaining working transporter bridges (the other British example being in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire).

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Transporter bridge - Middlesbrough

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Set in a beautiful 90 acre (360,000 m²) park, Tredegar House is one of the best examples of a 17th century Charles II mansion in Britain. The earliest surviving part of the building dates back to the early 1500s. For over five hundred years, it was home to one of the greatest of Welsh families, the Morgans - later Lords Tredegar - until they left in 1951. The house was then used as a girl's school until it was bought by the council in 1974, giving rise to its present status as the grandest council house in Britain!

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1500s - 1951 - 1974

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The city is known for its nightlife, containing many pubs, bars and nightclubs in a relatively small area. The most famous of these is probably T.J.'s, an alternative music club where it is rumoured that Kurt Cobain proposed to Courtney Love.

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T.J.'s - Kurt Cobain - Courtney Love

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Newport is home to the University of Wales, Newport which has two campuses in the city - one in Caerleon and the other in Allt-yr-yn. The university can trace its roots back to the founding of the Newport Mechanics Institute in 1841. The Newport School of Art was one of the first Schools to be awarded degree status in 1963 and enjoyed a high reputation in Painting and Sculpture throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

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1841 - 1963 - 1960s - 1970s

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There are plans to centralise the university in a new £60m city centre campus as part of the riverside regeneration plans by the urban regeneration company Newport Unlimited.

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Newport hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1897, 1988 and 2004.

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National Eisteddfod - 1897 - 1988 - 2004

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