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Cardiff Castle
The Bute family, who transformed Cardiff from a small town into the world's biggest coal port, also transformed Cardiff Castle from a medieval ruin into the landscaped grounds and kitsch Gothic fantasy you see today.
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Llandaff
Llandaff is a peaceful suburb 2 miles north of the centre, a village clustered around a green that has been swallowed up by the expanding city.
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Llandaff Cathedral
Set in a hollow on the west bank of the River Taff is the imposingly beautiful Llandaff Cathedral, built on the site of a 6th-century monastery founded by St Teilo.
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Pierhead Building
The Pierhead Building is one of the area's few Victorian survivors, a red-brick French-Gothic Renaissance confection built with Bute family money for the Cardiff Municipal Railway Co to impress the maritime traffic; the architect was a pupil of William Burges (who designed Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch). It now houses the National Assembly Visitor Centre.
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Wales Millennium Centre
The centrepiece and symbol of Cardiff Bay's regeneration is the outstanding Wales Millennium Centre, an architectural masterpiece of stacked Welsh slate in shades of purple, green and grey topped with an overarching bronzed steel shell.
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