Who better to explore that continuing influence than Francesco da Mosto, a Venetian writer, architect and the presenter of new BBC series Shakespeare in Italy?

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But he became more well-known for his action movies, especially the violent Death Wish series, starring Charles Bronson as an architect who turns vigilante after his wife and daughter are murdered.

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The Second Portmeirion Foundation - which cares for the estate of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect of the village which became the setting for the cult 1960s TV series, The Prisoner - owns many of the houses in the village of Croesor, which are let to local people.

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