And although Y Wladfa in Patagonia, Argentina, was no different the community already had centuries of practice in banding together. More than 7,000 miles away from Wales Patagonia is home to ...

The Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Y Wladfa Gymreig, is 150 years old. On 28 July 1865, the first settlers arrived in Argentina in search of a new life. The colony's founding fathers wanted to ...

Celebrations are set to mark 150 years since the start of a Welsh colony in Argentina. Y Wladfa was established in 1865 when 153 people from Wales sailed from Liverpool to Patagonia on the ship ...