Real Estate Cardiff

Cardiff – the largest city and capital of Wales, administrative center of the County of Glamorgan. This is the most important in all respects of the city, combining the center of culture, business and sports. The population of Cardiff is approximately 321.000 people, which is the fourteenth figure among cities in the UK. Cardiff is famous largely due to the fact that it is one of the largest business centers of the United Kingdom. The authorities of Cardiff working on the implementation of the ambitious plan, namely the extension of one of the business centers of the city, St David’s Centre, which should turn it into the largest shopping Mall throughout the UK. There are also several other large shopping centers, such as Capitol Centre and Queens Center, and two entire streets reserved exclusively for trade : Queen street and St. Mary Street. As one of the ten largest retail centres in the United Kingdom, the city is one of the most desirable and profitable sites for investment in UK property.

Also, the city has a long history, Dating back seven thousand years ago when humans first settled the land on which is now located in Cardiff. The main proof of this is the burial of St. Licans. It is believed that on those lands lived a tribe of Siluro related to the Celts. The history of Cardiff as a town begins in the second half of the first century ad. The area that is now Cardiff, was built a Roman Fort, the first buildings of which date back to the middle of the first century, the construction itself was completed in the 75th year. It is believed that this fortress was home in the region.

During the reign of Emperor Vespasian fortress widened even more, in particular, were erected powerful fortifications. Over time, the area was built several Roman fortresses. Anyway, standing here, the FORTS fulfilled the most important funkciu protect Roman lands from the incursions of the aggressive tribes. Despite the fact that in the fifth century with the collapse of the Roman Empire, its soldiers left the island, and the Fort was empty, even now you can see some sections of the wall, now merged with the city castle. There is also a theory that in this region in the VII-th century, there was a separate Kingdom, however, reliable evidence of this was found. By the end of the eleventh century was founded Cardiff castle, designed by Robert Fitz-Gemona. This predshestvovali Norman sevova, in particular the claims of William I the Conqueror to Wales. Eventually the castle was rebuilt, but it happened much later, in the Victorian era. Completion of construction of the castle marked the beginning of the founding of the city. The fortress started being built in residential neighborhoods on the type of wooden houses in England, as well as farms and other attributes of the urban economy. In the thirteenth century the city’s population settled at around two thousand people. Even then, Cardiff was the largest city of Wales.

Earlier, in the twelfth century, the city was surrounded by a wooden wall. A century later, Cardiff began to develop as a port city. The beginning of XV-th century was a tragedy for the city, as most of the city was burned. But soon he literally rose from the ashes, and he became even larger, and in all respects highly developed. The turning point for the political status of the city was 1536 second year, when England and Wales were formally United. The industrial revolution gave the town an incredible impetus to the development due to the geographical location of Cardiff, namely proximity to the sea. It is through the docks of the capital of Wales in those days took most of the coal that, by itself, led to the increase in the population of the city. They were mostly sailors and workers of the docks, who built their homes right next to, near tiger Bay. It was a simple building, built in the typical for such homes in England style. At the beginning of the twentieth century came a new wave of immigrants, this time from almost the whole of Europe, eg Italy or Spain, but also from all parts of the United Kingdom. Was founded gasworks Cardiff, as well as continuously established sea links with other UK cities, in particular Bristol. However, oddly enough, the official rights of the city of Cardiff received only in the 1905th year, and the status of the capital of Wales exactly fifty years later. Over the years, the city has absorbed a great number of historical monuments, as well as a large number of attractions, chief of which I believe Cardiff Castle, the walls of which still can be seen remains of Roman buildings. It is located in the heart of the city. Also a very interesting area of St. Fagans, which is a huge monument of history, including buildings, carrying all the styles peculiar to real estate in the UK and in particular Wales in history, and many of these buildings were brought here from other cities and regions. Also worth noting is the municipal Court building, which also belongs to that era. Lovers of history can not fail to interest the building that housed the coal market, because this business gave the city a substantial part of its current wealth. It was there for the first time in the world the deal was executed in the amount of one million pounds.

In addition to this market, there are others, for example those relating to the reign of Queen Victoria Central market hall Cardiff. The city has developed and sports life, in particular, the famous Cardiff international arena (Cardiff International Arena) and the Millennium stadium (The Millennium Stadium). Urban services allocate large funds for the implementation of an extensive plan of green city. At the moment, the percentage of green area relative to total area of the city is about 10%. The largest United in the complex is Bute Park, Pontcanna fields and Llandaff fields with the river TAFF. In addition to these parks located in Cardiff and even Roat Park, and Victoria Park. For these reasons, the Cardiff is a very attractive for those people who wish to buy a house in England or other regions of the United Kingdom, as an active business life combined with comfort, unique atmosphere and clean air and streets. The authorities of Cardiff has always attached great importance to education, and the first urban public school was founded in the eighteenth century, and now there are more than a hundred.

® Mark Saruhanov