{"id":12307,"date":"2023-01-26T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=12307"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:15:54","slug":"da-iawn-casnewydd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=12307","title":{"rendered":"Da iawn, Casnewydd"},"content":{"rendered":"Yesterday&#8217;s Wales Online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/welsh-railway-station-described-third-26057968\">reports that <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalrail.co.uk\/stations\/NWP\/details.html\">the railway station in Casnewydd\/Newport<\/a>, which was refurbished in 2009\/10, has come third in a poll to find the world&#8217;s ugliest building.\r\n<p>According to poll organisers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildworld.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/the-ugliest-buildings-in-the-world\">, the two uglier buildings in the world are the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottish_Parliament_Building\">Scottish Parliament building<\/a> in Edinburgh and the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., USA, the headquarters of the <abbr title=\"Federal Bureau of Investigation\">FBI<\/abbr>.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_12324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12324\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/New_footbridge_Newport_railway_station.jpg\" alt=\"Footbridge over tracks at Newport railway station\" width=\"596\" height=\"445\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/New_footbridge_Newport_railway_station.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/New_footbridge_Newport_railway_station-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Footbridge over tracks, Casnewydd\/Newport railway station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_12325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12325\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/Lost_property_office_Newport_railway_station_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2524574-e1674665215655.jpg\" alt=\"Lost property office at Casnewydd\/Newport railway station\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/Lost_property_office_Newport_railway_station_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2524574-e1674665215655.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/Lost_property_office_Newport_railway_station_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2524574-e1674665215655-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lost property office at Newport railway station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>For a comparison, images of the FBI&#8217;s headquarters and the Scottish Parliament are included below for comparative purposes.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_12329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12329\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/FBI_-_panoramio.jpg\" alt=\"FBI HQ, Washington DC\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/FBI_-_panoramio.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/FBI_-_panoramio-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J Edgar Hoover building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_12330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12330\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/Scottish_Parliament.jpg\" alt=\"Scottish Parliament building\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/Scottish_Parliament.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/Scottish_Parliament-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Wales Online reports that the railway station in Casnewydd\/Newport, which was refurbished in 2009\/10, has come third in a poll to find the world&#8217;s ugliest building. 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