Презентация, доклад по английскому языку о городе Кардиф

commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. The population of Cardiff is about 1.1 million, more than a third of the total Welsh population.

and a modern shopping centre. Cardiff is an industrial city, which also has a cathedral and university.

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“the fort on the river Taff”, or “ the fort of Didius”. He was a governor in the region at the time the fort was established.

territory of the Silures – a Celtic British tribe that flourished in the Iron Age – whose territory included the areas that would become known as Breconshire, Monmouthshire and Glamorgan.

The Cardiff giant

to the creation of the shire of Glamorgan, and Cardiff was made the county town

The City and County Council of Cardiff, which is based at County Hall in Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff Bay. Voters elect 75 councilors every four years. The building, known as the Senedd (which translates into English as Legislature, Parliament or Senate) was opened on 1 March 2006, by The Queen

historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg),
Wales. Llandaff lies along the west bank of the River Taff about 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Cardiff’s city centre.

Cathedral in Llandaff.

World Cup final was held there.

of growth in the Welsh economy.

Industry has played a major part in Cardiff's development for many centuries. The main catalyst for its transformation from a small town into a big city was the demand for coal required in making iron and later steel