Somerset (; archaically Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton. Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills, the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation from Paleolithic times, and of subsequent settlement by the Celts, Romans and Anglo-Saxons. The county played a significant part in Alfred the Great's rise to power, and later the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion. The city of Bath is f
Somerset (; arcaicamente Somersetshire) es un condado en el suroeste de Inglaterra que limita con Gloucestershire y Bristol al norte, Wiltshire al este, Dorset al sureste y Devon al suroeste. Está limitado al norte y al oeste por el Estuario de Severn y el Canal de Bristol, su costa frente al sudeste de Gales. Su frontera tradicional con Gloucestershire es el río Avon. La ciudad del condado de Somerset es Taunton. Somerset es un condado rural de colinas rocosas, las Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills y el Parque Nacional de Exmoor, y grandes áreas planas de tierra incluyendo los Somerset Levels. Hay evidencia de ocupación humana desde los tiempos paleolíticos, y de posterior asentamiento por los celtas, romanos y sajones anglos. El condado jugó una parte significativa en el poder de Alfred el Grande hasta el poder de la ciudad de Someters y la Guerra Civil de Bath.