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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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  • 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
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Cardiff, Wales
  • Also known as: “Castell Caerdydd”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Millennium Stadium and Cardiff Roman Fort.

Stadium
Photo: Clint Budd, CC BY 2.0.
The , known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of . Located in , it has a retractable roof and is the home of the Wales national rugby union team; it has also held Wales national football team games. is situated 1,500 feet south of Cardiff Castle.

Archaeological site
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a coastal fort in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, of which Roman Wales was a part. Its original Latin name is uncertain. Its remains are incorporated into Cardiff Castle in the modern capital city of .

Stadium
Photo: Seth Whales, Public domain.
, also known as The Arms Park, is primarily a rugby union stadium, and also has a bowling green. It is situated in , Wales, next to the . is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Cardiff Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Newtown.

Quarter
is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of , . Castle is also a community of Cardiff. The listed includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades: Castle Arcade, High Street Arcade and Duke Street Arcade, and principal shopping streets: St Mary Street, High Street, Castle Street and Duke Street.

Neighborhood
Photo: Kizpho11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a residential area of Cardiff, Wales that was also known as 'Little Ireland' because of its population of Irish families. Its six streets and 200 houses existed from the mid-nineteenth century until they were demolished in 1970.

Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district and community in the south of , capital of . It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by , and .

Cardiff Castle

Latitude
51.48237° or 51° 28′ 57″ north
Longitude
-3.18117° or 3° 10′ 52″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
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”
  • Vietnamese: “Cardiff Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caerdydd”

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