History of Cardiff

20 years after the Battle of Hastings, the Normans went to wales. In 1091 Robert FitzHamon built a castle called Cardiff Castle and a small village was made round it. This was an English town in an enemy Welsh land.

Owain Glyndwr attacked Cardiff in 1404 (his statue is still in CARDIFF by the city Hall.

In the milddle ages Cardiff was a wild place with pirates. In 1608 King James I gave them a Royal Charter and in the 18th century it was a quite place with 1,500 people living around the decaying castle.

Cardiff was the biggest coal-exporting port in the world. In 1913, more than 13 million tons of coal went from here.

Cardiff was made a city by Edward VII and in 1955 it was made the capital of Wales.

Today, Cardiff is Europe’s most excting capital city, with lots and lots of visitors with its grace, space and cosmopolital buzz. It’s a great place to visit and the ideal base from which to explore the coast, culture and heritage of Wales and western Britain.
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