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Carmarthen, ou Caerfyrddin en gallois, est la capitale du comté de Carmarthenshire, au pays de Galles, sur les rives de la rivière Towy. La ville comptait 15 854 habitants selon le recensement de 2011.
Carmarthen (UK: / k ər ˈ m ɑːr ð ən /, local: / k ɑːr-/; Welsh: Caerfyrddin [kairˈvərðɪn], 'Merlin's fort' or 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay.
Moridunum (lit. "sea fort") was the civitas capital of the Demetae tribe in Roman Wales and was recorded by Ptolemy and in the Antonine Itinerary. The initial fort is believed to date from about AD 75, possibly replacing the hillfort on Merlin's Hill.
Carmarthen (Welsh: Caerfyrddin) is a community and town in Carmarthenshire in South West Wales. In 2019, it was found that 16,285 people live there. It is Carmarthenshire's county town, but the largest town in Llanelli. The town's name in Welsh means Merlin's fort or Sea-town fort.
Carmarthen (UK: / kərˈmɑːrðən /, local: / kɑːr -/; Welsh: Caerfyrddin [kairˈvərðɪn], ' Merlin 's fort' or 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay.
View a digital version of the Black Book of Carmarthen (Peniarth MS 1), one of the earliest surviving manuscripts written solely in the Welsh language.
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The castle at Carmarthen, on its rocky eminence overlooking the River Twyi, must have dominated the medieval town just as, a little way to the east, the Roman fort must have dominated the Roman town a thousand years before.
