Our Lady of the Taper
Our Lady of Cardigan, also known as Our Lady of the Taper, the Catholic national shrine of Wales, is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary created by Sr Concordia Scott and located in a chapel in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Catholic national shrine of Wales
- Also known as: “Mair o Aberteifi”, “Mair o Aberteifi / Our Lady of the Taper”, and “Our Lady of Cardigan”
- Address: North Road / Heol y Gogledd, Cardigan / Aberteifi, SA43 1LT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardigan Castle and Cardigan Secondary School.
Cardigan Castle
Castle
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cardigan Castle is a castle overlooking the River Teifi in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The castle dates from the late 11th-century, though was rebuilt in 1244. Castle Green House was built inside the castle walls in the early 1800s. Cardigan Castle is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Our Lady of the Taper.
Cardigan Secondary School
School
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi is a bilingual secondary school in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It offers secondary education from ages 11 to 18, incorporating GCSEs and A-Levels in its sixth form. Cardigan Secondary School is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Our Lady of the Taper.
Theatr Mwldan
Movie theater
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Theatr Mwldan is a movie theater, which is situated 1,800 feet west of Our Lady of the Taper.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llangoedmor and St Dogmaels.
Llangoedmor
Village
Photo: Dylan Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangoedmor is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. The village is 2 miles east of Cardigan, while the community also encompasses Llechryd, Pant-gwyn, and Neuadd Wilym.
St Dogmaels
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Dogmaels is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Ceredigion.
Neuadd Wilym
Hamlet
Neuadd Wilym is a small village in the community of Llangoedmor, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 74.2 miles from Cardiff and 196 miles from London. Neuadd Wilym is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons. Neuadd Wilym is situated 1½ miles southeast of Our Lady of the Taper.
Our Lady of the Taper
- Categories: national shrine, statue, shrine of Our Lady, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cardigan, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.08732° or 52° 5′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.65272° or 4° 39′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C4Q38PW+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 319112377OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q7110766
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“Our Lady of the Taper” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال سيدة كارديجان”
- Portuguese: “Nossa Senhora de Cardigan”
- Spanish: “Nuestra señora de Cardigan”
- Welsh: “Mair o Aberteifi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bishop Petit Memorial Hall and Cardigan Bowling Club.
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