St
David's Cathedral
St
David's, Dyfed, SA62 6QP,
Wales,
UK.
Tel.
44 (0)1437 720199 |
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The magnificent St David's Cathedral is named after the patron
saint of Wales and rests on the rocky headland of St David's in
Pembrokeshire, south Wales.
Lying in a
wooded valley surrounded by a garden and graveyard, built in purple
hued sandstone and embellished with gold, the cathedral is renowned
for its beauty. It was built in the 12th century on the site of
a monastery founded by St David in the 6th century,
and was a hugely popular pilgrimage destination in the Middle
Ages,
with the Pope declaring that two journeys to St David's was the
equivalent of one journey to Rome.
The wonderful
carved oak ceiling of the nave is one of the cathedral's most
attractive features, while beneath the Romanesque arches are many
tombs and effigies of the past bishops of St David's. The dramatically
sloping floor was the consequence of an earthquake that occurred
in the 13th century. Near the cathedral stand the ruins of the
ornately decorated Bishop's Palace, built by Bishop Gower in the
14th century. Gower was also responsible for modifying the cathedral
itself, while later, in the 19th century, an extensive program
of restoration was undertaken by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
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