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Cardiff and Caerphilly
Local Places of Interest
Llandaff Cathedral
Llandaff is one of the four cathedrals of Wales.
Work on the cathedral was begun in 1120, early in the history of the Norman
occupation of Wales, under Urban, the first bishop.
Work on the early church continued over the next two centuroies.
It became a place of pilgrimage, which was a significance source of wealth,
until the religious persecutions under Henry the Eigth.
It contains the grave of the Welsh saint, St Teilo.
Work on the modern church was begun in 1734 by the architect John Wood on
the site of the earlier ruins. The style was contemporary (now knwon as
"classical") and the building became known as the "Italian Temple".
The building was seriously damaged during the second world war, after which
restoration work was undertaken by the architect, George Pace, at which time
the Chapel of Remembrance of the Welsh Regiment was added.
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