Cardiff Castle In the city center, Cardiff, south Wales Above: Cardiff's great keep rests majestically on its medieval motte. Text copyright 1996 by Lise Hul Photographs copyright 1998 by Alison D. Martin Right: an interior view of Cardiff's great keep from above. t first glance, Cardiff's city center seems an unlikely place to find a castle. The capitol of Wales is a typical city, busy, ...

Castell Coch near Cardiff, Cardiff, south Wales his building is chiefly known as a romantic folly supposedly reproducing a small medieval Welsh chieftain's stronghold, built in the 1870s, for the 3rd Marquess of Bute to a design by William Burges, and possessing the most remarkable interior decoration. However, it was built upon the remains of a genuine 13th century castle built in two stages.