Cardiff Guide - Locations In Wales

Cardiff is the capital and largest city in Wales and the tenth largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is the country's chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 18.3 million visitors in 2010. In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.

The city of Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan (and later South Glamorgan). Cardiff is part of the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. The Cardiff Urban Area covers a slightly larger area outside of the county boundary, and includes the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of industry in the region contributed to its rise as a major city.

Cardiff was made a city in 1905, and proclaimed the capital of Wales in 1955. Since the 1990s, Cardiff has seen significant development. A new waterfront area at Cardiff Bay contains the Senedd building, home to the Welsh Assembly and the Wales Millennium Centre arts complex. Current developments include the continuation of the redevelopment of the Cardiff Bay and city centre areas with projects such as the Cardiff International Sports Village, a BBC drama village, and a new business district in the city centre. Cardiff is the largest media centre in the UK outside of London.

• Cardiff Castle - Cardiff Castle and the Roman castle, and the late Norman fortress is almost the same architectural style influenced by the Italian.
• Cardiff Bay - Cardiff Bay is not really on the beach, is a port. Earlier, Cardiff as a port city, the transport of the shipping industry; now has become a new town in Cardiff. Urban regeneration, the benefits of delicious fun and good-looking, are gathered in this nothing things nook port, then the resurrection vitality.
• National Museum Cardiff - The museum works from the 20th century to the most important Impressionist works from the master works of the Welsh landscape - from Cezanne, Monet, Renoir, where the higher the works. These precious collections Cardiff as a major feature of the international metropolis. The city was once the world's richest city, which includes the Welsh and international thematic characteristics.