2024

PIERHEAD

Public buildings to visit

This handsome red-brick Gothic building was built in 1897. It became the administrative center of the Port of Cardiff in 1947. Since 2010, it has been a venue for events and conferences open to the public. It's also a museum, providing an insight into the history of the country and Cardiff Bay. From the golden age of its port, linked to iron ore and coal exports in the 19th century, through the crises of the 1920s and 1950s, to the revival of the city since the 1980s.

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