Editing Swansea (section)

===20th century===
Through the 20th century, heavy industries in the town declined, leaving the [[Lower Swansea Valley]] filled with derelict works and mounds of waste products from them. The Lower Swansea Valley Scheme (which still continues) reclaimed much of the land. The present [[Swansea Enterprise Park|Enterprise Zone]] was the result and, of the many original docks, only those outside the city continue to work as docks; North Dock is now [[Parc Tawe]] and South Dock became the [[Maritime Quarter|Marina]].
[[File:High Street Swansea the palace.png|thumb|High Street (1915)]]

In the [[Second World War]], Swansea's industrial importance made it a target of German bombing; much of the town centre was destroyed during the [[Swansea Blitz]] on the 19, 20 and 21 February 1941 (the ''Three Nights Blitz'').<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/local_history/pages/swansea_blitz.shtml| title= Swansea's Three Nights Blitz| access-date= 24 May 2008| publisher= BBC| date= 3 September 2005| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081014004938/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/local_history/pages/swansea_blitz.shtml| archive-date= 14 October 2008| url-status= live}}</ref>)

In 1969, Swansea was granted [[city status in the United Kingdom|city status]]<ref>London Gazette, issue no. 44986, 12 December 1969</ref> to mark [[Charles III of the United Kingdom|Prince Charles]]'s investiture as the [[Prince of Wales]]. The Prince made the announcement on 3 July 1969 during a tour of Wales.<ref>Prince announces city status for Swansea,''The Times'' 4 July 1969.</ref> Swansea obtained the further right to have a [[Lord Mayor]] in 1982.<ref>London Gazette, issue no. 48932, 25 March 1982</ref>

Within the city centre are the ruins of the [[Swansea Castle|castle]], the Marina, the [[Glynn Vivian Art Gallery]], [[Swansea Museum]], the [[Dylan Thomas Centre]], the [[Environment Centre (Swansea)|Environment Centre]], and the [[Swansea Market|Market]], which is the largest covered market in Wales.<ref>{{cite news 
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3148686.stm |title= Tourism joins shopping at the market
|work= BBC News |access-date= 27 July 2007 |date= 29 September 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031003205511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3148686.stm |archive-date= 3 October 2003 |url-status= live }}</ref>
It backs onto the [[Quadrant Shopping Centre]], which opened in 1978, and the adjoining [[St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)|St David's Centre]] opened in 1982. Other notable modern buildings include the BT Tower (formerly the GPO tower) built around 1970, Alexandra House opened in 1976, County Hall opened in July 1982. [[Swansea Leisure Centre]] opened in 1977; it has undergone extensive refurbishment which retained elements of the original structure and re-opened in March 2008.