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Cardiff-by-the-Sea, usually referred to as Cardiff, is a beach community in the incorporated city of Encinitas in San Diego County, California. The Pacific Ocean is to the west of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, the rest of incorporated Encinitas is to the east and north, and a beach and lagoon to the south. With a population of under 12,000, Cardiff-by ...
Cardiff Kook. Magic Carpet Ride is the official name of a 6-foot (1.8 m) high bronze sculpture (2007) of a surfer by Matthew Antichevich, an artist and sculpture instructor at Mt. San Jacinto College. [1] The sculpture is mounted on a 6-foot high granite base with poetry inscription by Robert Nanninga, [2] and is in Cardiff-by-the-Sea ...
51.463°N 3.164°W. / 51.463; -3.164. Cardiff Bay ( Welsh: Bae Caerdydd; colloquially " The Bay ") is an area and freshwater lake [1] [2] in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it is the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely. The body of water was converted into a 500-acre (2.0 km 2) lake as part of a UK Government ...
The history of Cardiff —a City and County Borough and the capital of Wales —spans at least 6,000 years. The area around Cardiff has been inhabited by modern humans since the Neolithic Period. Four Neolithic burial chambers stand within a radius of 10 mi (16 km) of Cardiff City Centre, with the St Lythans burial chamber the nearest, at about ...
Cardiff Docks ( Welsh: Dociau Caerdydd) is a port in southern Cardiff, Wales. At its peak, the port was one of the largest dock systems in the world with a total quayage of almost 7 mi (11 km). [2] Once the main port for the export of South Wales coal, the Port of Cardiff remains active in the import and export of containers, steel, forest ...
Cardiff Castle ( Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. The castle was commissioned either by William the Conqueror or by Robert ...
The Norwegian Church Arts Centre ( Welsh: Canolfan Gelfyddydau'r Eglwys Norwyaidd) is a point of cultural and historical interest located in Cardiff Bay ( Tiger Bay ), Wales. It was a Lutheran Church, consecrated in 1868. Under the patronage of The Norwegian Seamen's Mission it provided home comforts, communication with family and a place of ...
1794: Glamorganshire Canal opened, it ran from Merthyr Tydfil to the sea at Cardiff. 1801: Population: 1,870. 1815: Boat service between Cardiff and Bristol was established, running twice a week. 1819: Cardiff Free School for boys and girls was opened. 1821: Cardiff Gas Works was established.