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Jul 15, 2013

Progenitor of Cardiff's arcades


The Royal Arcade in Cardiff was the first of the city's full-scale shopping arcades - built so early that slum housing ...

on medieval burgage plots was cleared to provide space for the arcade. More than 150 years later, little of the arcade's structure has changed. To read the Royal Arcade's story, scan the HistoryPoints QR codes beside the arcade's entrances, or click here.