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The Pembroke ferry and Cardiff

The Pembroke ferry and Cardiff

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Cardiff was first occupied by the Romans who built a fort here in AD75 [Cardiff - Wales]
Little is known of its post-Roman history until Robert FitzHamon was given land here in 1093 [Cardiff Castle - Cardiff - Wales]
FitzHamon was a knight in the service of William the Conqueror [Cardiff Castle - Cardiff - Wales]n
Cardiff Castle - Cardiff - Wales
The Clock Tower was built on the foundations of a Roman bastion at the South West angle of the medieval curtain wall [Cardiff C
The faces of the clock are flanked by statues representing the principal planets with their respective zodiac on the pedestals a
Built during the period 1869-1873, the Clock Tower rises to a height of 40m and consists of seven stories [Cardiff Castle - Car
Cardiff Castle - Cardiff - Wales
After the Norman period, the castle passed through the hands of several powerful families over the next 700 years [Cardiff Cas
It landed in the hands of John Stuart, son of the Earl of Bute in 1766 [Cardiff Castle - Cardiff - Wales]
His great-grandson, the Third Marquess of Bute, employed William Burges to create a mansion [Cardiff Castle - Cardiff - Wales]
William Burges was an eccentric architect and between 1867 and 1881, he designed this ornate mansion, rich in details. [Cardif

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