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Cardiff Docks played a major part in Cardiff's development as it was the means of exporting coal from the South Wales Valleys to the rest of the world, helping to power the Industrial Age. The coal mining industry helped fund the growth of Cardiff to become the capital city of Wales , and contributed towards making the docks' owner, the 3rd ...
Until 2022 Dragons played the majority of their home Netball Superleague games at Sport Wales National Centre in Sophia Gardens. [25] [26] They also train and play some home games at Cardiff Metropolitan University. [27] [28] They have also occasionally played home games at Wrexham Glyndŵr University [29] [30] and at Cwmbran Stadium. [31]
The De La Salle School for Boys, established in the 1930s, was originally based at 9 Richmond Crescent, Cardiff at a site formerly occupied by St Peter's Catholic Young Men's Society. The School was run by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and sought to provide an education within a strong Christian context.
The 2001–02 FA Cup third-round association football match between Cardiff City and Leeds United was played at Ninian Park, Cardiff, on 6 January 2002.The visitors Leeds went into the match as strong favourites given the gulf in divisions that separated the two teams; Leeds were leading the Premier League at the time while Cardiff were placed 10th in the Second Division, the third tier and ...
These include the Millennium Stadium (1999) in the city centre and several examples in the major urban regeneration project of Cardiff Bay, for example the Wales Millennium Centre and the Senedd. The western suburb of St Fagans contains an open-air museum of Welsh vernacular architecture, the St Fagans National History Museum .
On 21 June, Cardiff City announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Kidderminster Harriers, KV Kortrijk, Penybont and Reading. [48] Four days later, a fifth fixture was added, against Bristol Rovers . [ 49 ]
Wales (Welsh: Cymru ⓘ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west.
The area which Mount Stuart Square currently occupies was originally coastal mudflat. [2] In its present form, it is an urban area, bordered by the A4119 James Street, a major road to the south, early twentieth century social housing to the north (on a site which had previously been used as a rail yard), historic commercial properties to the east on West Bute Street, and the historic ...