PRESENTATION OF

CARDIFF
FLAVIO LUPO AND THE CAPITAL OF
WALES
LORENZO BUCCIARELLI
HISTORY
•CARDIFF IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
AND IS ALSO A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE THANKS TO ITS HISTORY AND
CULTURAL IMPORTANCE.
•ACCORDING TO SOME FINDS OF OBJECTS AND TOOLS, THE HISTORY OF THE
CITY BEGINS ABOUT 4000 YEARS AGO, WITH THE MESOLITHIC HUNTERS,
BUT THE CITY ITSELF WAS FOUNDED BY THE ROMANS IN 100 AD.
•EMPEROR CLAUDIUS CALLS IT CAERDYDD, WHICH MEANS FORTRESS ON
THE RIVER TAFF AND SOON THE CITY, THANKS TO ITS PARTICULAR POSITION,
BECOMES ONE OF THE MAIN CITIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND GREAT
BRITAIN, LATER KNOWN AS CARDIFFUM.
HISTORY 2
• THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CITY ALSO CONTINUES IN THE
MIDDLE AGES, WHEN CARDIFF BECOMES A MARKET CITY THAT
EXPORTS COAL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON, AND DURING
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, WHEN COAL AND STEEL BEGAN
TO BE EXTRACTED.

• TODAY CARDIFF IS KNOWN FOR ITS VIBRANT CULTURAL

SCENE. IT IS IN FACT HOME TO MANY ARTISTS AND THE HOME
OF THE WELSH NATIONAL OPERA AND THE ROYAL WELSH
COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA. IT HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED
THE UK'S FIRST CITY OF LITERATURE BY UNESCO.
WHERE IS CARDIFF?

Southern half
The capital of
South wales of great
wales
britain
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
CITY
A place where you can see and hear two
languages; English and Welsh

It has historical tourist attractions • An

exciting place to watch a Rugby match

Modern shopping and eating areas near

Cardiff bay

Has a population of less than half a

million people: 330,000