Architecture of Cardiff

Architecture in Cardiff, the capital city of <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a>, dates from <a href="/facts/Norman_people/nUclGJWf">Norman</a> times to the present day. Its urban fabric is largely <a href="/facts/Victorian_architecture/cbdUd65l">Victorian</a> and later, reflecting <a href="/facts/Cardiff/AHpRtKKg">Cardiff</a>'s rise to prosperity as a major coal port in the 19th century. No single building style is associated with Cardiff, but the <a href="/facts/Cardiff_city_centre/mWQPEIEW">city centre</a> retains several 19th and early 20th century <a href="/facts/List_of_shopping_arcades_in_Cardiff/7vJJTwHs">shopping arcades</a>.
The city is noted for its fantasy castles, <a href="/facts/Cardiff_Castle/QR0SL54I">Cardiff Castle</a> and <a href="/facts/Castell_Coch/aqm5lE5F">Castell Coch</a>, both by the Victorian architect <a href="/facts/William_Burges/Pha0jMQv">William Burges</a>. The well-preserved early 20th century Civic Centre, surrounding <a href="/facts/Cathays_Park/bt6wbXIN">Cathays Park</a>, was described as one of the best examples of civic planning in Britain.
The city contains a number of notable modern buildings and engineering projects. These include the <a href="/facts/Millennium_Stadium/vvtpyh1z">Millennium Stadium</a> (1999) in the city centre and several examples in the major <a href="/facts/Urban_renewal/xAKjesVQ">urban regeneration</a> project of <a href="/facts/Cardiff_Bay/NnUJv1yH">Cardiff Bay</a>, for example the <a href="/facts/Wales_Millennium_Centre/qnkzAMYj">Wales Millennium Centre</a> and the <a href="/facts/Senedd_building/kp2uPLnl">Senedd</a>.
The western suburb of <a href="/facts/St_Fagans/JR8QNCKx">St Fagans</a> contains an open-air museum of Welsh vernacular architecture, the <a href="/facts/St_Fagans_National_History_Museum/Iy7zcJvF">St Fagans National History Museum</a>.

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Architecture of Cardiff