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St David's Cathedral

Cathedral Saint David's is a temple in the late Norman style with a clear influence of English Gothic. It was built in the 12th century in a hollow, making it almost invisible from the sea - this was to protect against Viking raids and attacks. It is worth paying attention primarily to the nave, the oldest part of the building and the chapel of St. David, in which the relics of the saint are located.

In the cathedral there are also other chapels - the Holy Trinity, Tomasz Becket, Saint. Edward the Believer and the so-called Lady chapel The temple buried the parents of the first Welsh king of England and founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII.

The monastery community was founded here by Saint. Dawid, already in the sixth century. The present church was built on the site of the old, destroyed during one of the many Viking raids. In the twelfth century, Pope Callistst established here the sanctuary of St. David and place of pilgrimage. Two pilgrimages were to be worth one trip to Rome, and three - one to Jerusalem.

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