Swansea's history goes back to the foundation of a Viking trading post at the mouth of the River Tawe, on the south-west coast of Wales. The town grew following the Norman conquest when it was granted a charter giving it the status of a borough. Swansea was an important port for the area and during the Industrial Revolution it became the world's leading copper-smelting area. Nicknamed 'Copperopolis', it grew into Wales' second largest town. Although...