Dylan Thomas's boathouse and the Urdd
Eisteddfod will be among venues visited in Wales as part of the Queen's Baton
Relay (QBR) this summer.
Chris Jenkins, chief executive officer of the
Commonwealth Games Council for Wales, said: "The QBR acts as an invitation to
the nation to join the extended 'Team Wales' family.
"It is the ultimate symbol of the Commonwealth and its arrival in Wales sends
a strong signal that the games are fast approaching."With the whole of Wales behind our athletes, we're a team three million strong.
"We're such a proud and passionate sporting nation and the QBR provides us with the chance to engage directly with the people of Wales and share the excitement of the Commonwealth Games with them."
The baton left Buckingham Palace on 9 October and will visit every territory in the Commonwealth. The 190,000 km (118,000 miles) relay - far longer than the Olympic Torch relay - will travel to 71 nations and territories across the world in seven months before arriving in Scotland. Since Wales hosted the first Queen's Baton Relay in 1958, the traditional opening of the Commonwealth Games has always been celebrated.
Details of baton bearers in Wales will be revealed later in the year.
The baton will visit the south Wales valleys before going to Llandrindod Wells then the Urdd Eisteddfod in Bala, Gwynedd. It then heads to Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire before going to Machynlleth and several places in north Wales including Anglesey, Caernarfon, Rhyl and Ruthin.
In Pembrokeshire, on day five of the Wales leg, the baton will make its way from the Bishop's Palace in St Davids and through the cathedral grounds where it will be blessed by the Bishop of St Davids.
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