Capel Curig
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Capel Curig is a village in north Wales. It lies in the heart of Snowdonia, on the River Llugwy. It is at the junction of the A5 road from Bangor and Bethesda to Betws-y-Coed with the A4086 from Caernarfon, Llanberis, Pen-y-Pass and Pen-y-Gwryd.
The village is a popular centre for walking, climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking and other outdoor pursuits and is served by the Sherpa bus network. It is also home to a youth hostel, camp site, several cafes and hotels and outdoor activity gear shops, and Plas y Brenin – the UK national mountain centre.
Capel Curig (Curig's chapel) takes its name from the little church in the ancient graveyard by the river bridge on the Llanberis road. This confusingly has been known for over 100 years as St. Julitta's Church and is currently being restored by the "Friends of Saint Julitta". Tradition claims this chapel to be the 6th century foundation of St. Curig, a Celtic bishop. Centuries later, probably when the present ancient church was built, the name appears to have been latinised as Cyricus, which is the name of a 4th century child martyr whose mother was Julitta. They are usually named together as SS Cyricus and Julitta.