Merchant Seafarers‘ War Memorial
Merchant Seafarers‘ War Memorial is a memorial in Butetown, Cardiff, Wales. Merchant Seafarers‘ War Memorial is situated nearby to the government office Senedd building, as well as near the event venue Pierhead Building.Photo: DBmComms, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: sculpture by Brian Fell
- Also known as: “Cardiff Merchant Seaman’s Memorial”, “Merchant Navy Seamen memorial”, and “Merchant Seafarers War Memorial”
- Inscription: “Mosaic around edge - ‘IN MEMORY OF THE MERCHANT SEAFARERS FROM THE PORTS OF BARRY PENARTH CARDIFF WHO DIED IN TIMES OF WAR’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Senedd building and Wales Millennium Centre.
Senedd building
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Senedd building, in Cardiff, houses the debating chamber and three committee rooms of the Senedd. The 5,308-square-metre Senedd building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 1 March 2006, Saint David's Day, and the total cost was £69.6 million, which included £49.7 million in construction costs.
Wales Millennium Centre
Arts center
Photo: grahamwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wales Millennium Centre is Wales's national arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site covers a total area of 7.5 acres. Phase 1 of the building was opened during the weekend of 26–28 November 2004 and phase 2 opened on 22 January 2009 with an inaugural concert. Wales Millennium Centre is situated 650 feet north of Merchant Seafarers‘ War Memorial.
Tŷ Hywel
Government office
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tŷ Hywel is a building in Cardiff, Wales, used by the Senedd. It is named after the medieval king Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth in South West Wales. The building was previously known as Crickhowell House, after the former Secretary of State for Wales, Lord Crickhowell. Tŷ Hywel is situated 530 feet northeast of Merchant Seafarers‘ War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardiff Bay and Newtown.
Cardiff Bay
Suburb
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cardiff Bay is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it is the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely.
Newtown
Neighborhood
Photo: Kizpho11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtown 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.
Grangetown
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangetown is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown.
Merchant Seafarers‘ War Memorial
- Categories: sculpture, war memorial, building, and historic site
- Location: Butetown, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.46314° or 51° 27′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.1627° or 3° 9′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3RFR7P+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 987799968OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q122937656
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