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Cardiff City Hall
City Hall is a civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. Built of Portland stone, it became the fifth building to serve as Cardiff's centre of local government when it opened in October 1906. Its design, by architects Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards, is based on English and French Renaissance styles.

The Marble Hall
The first floor landing of City Hall is decorated with marble statues of famous figures from Welsh history:

Boudicca by J. Havard Thomas
Saint David by Sir William Goscombe John
Hywel Dda (King Howell the Good) by F. W. Pomeroy
Gerald of Wales by Henry Poole
Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn II, the last ruling Prince of Wales) by Henry Pegram
Dafydd ap Gwilym by W. W. Wagstaff
Owain Glyndŵr by Alfred Turner
Henry VII by Ernest G. Gillick
Bishop William Morgan by T. J. Clapperton
William Williams, Pantycelyn by L. S. Merrifield
Sir Thomas Picton by Thomas Mewburn Crook

Cardiff City Hall in popular culture
The cover of the Catatonia single Mulder and Scully has a UFO above the building similar to the movie poster for Independence Day.


	Photographs by Dom. Click any image for a larger view.

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Statue of Sir Thomas Picton

On the website the name of the Sculptor of this statue is mis-spelt. The name 'Mewburn'
has a 'w' in it, not a 'u' after the 'Me'.
Thomas Mewburn Crook was my Grandfather, so I would be grateful to see this error rectified. Thank you.

#0 - K. Harris - 05/22/2008 - 10:39

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