Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of , . The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 43 feet (13 metres)
  • …is also known as “Castell Caerdydd”
  • Opening hours:
    March–October: Monday–Friday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM and Saturday–Sunday 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
    November–February: Monday–Friday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM and Saturday–Sunday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: castle in Cardiff, Wales

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Millennium Stadium and Cardiff Roman Fort.
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The , known since 2016 as the… is situated 1,500 feet south of Cardiff Castle.
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was a coastal fort in the Roman…
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Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh… is situated 340 feet southeast of Cardiff Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Newtown.
is an independent retail destination…
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was a residential area of Cardiff, Wales that…
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is a district and community in the south of , capital of .

Cardiff Castle

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Latitude
51.48237° or 51° 28′ 57″ north
Longitude
-3.18117° or 3° 10′ 52″ west
Open location code
9C3RFRJ9+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1093259587
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2653820
Wiki­data ID
Q1035742

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cardiff Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة كارديف”
  • Basque: “Cardiffko gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Кардыфскі замак”
  • Breton: “Castell Caerdydd”
  • Breton: “Kastell Kerdiz”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Cardiff”
  • Cebuano: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Chinese: “加的夫城堡”
  • Chinese: “加迪夫城”
  • Czech: “Cardiffský hrad”
  • Danish: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Danish: “Cardiff Slot”
  • Dutch: “Cardiff castle”
  • Dutch: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kardifa Burgo”
  • Estonian: “Cardiffi kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Cardiffin linna”
  • French: “château de Cardiff”
  • French: “Château de Cardiff”
  • Galician: “Cardiff Castle”
  • German: “Cardiff Castle”
  • German: “Castell Caerdydd”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Κάρντιφ”
  • Hausa: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת קרדיף”
  • Irish: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Cardiff”
  • Italian: “Castello di Cardiff”
  • Japanese: “カーディフ城”
  • Korean: “카디프 성”
  • Korean: “카디프성”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Cardiff”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Cardiff”
  • Portuguese: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de cardiff”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Cardiff”
  • Russian: “Замок Кардифф”
  • Russian: “Кардифф”
  • Russian: “Кардиффский замок”
  • Scots: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cardiffski zamak”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Cardiff”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de cardiff”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Cardiff”
  • Swedish: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Thai: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทคาร์ดิฟฟ์”
  • Turkish: “Cardiff Kalesi”
  • Vietnamese: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caerdydd”

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