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Cardiff Bay 2008

Cardiff Bay (Walisisch: Bae Caerdydd) ist der umgebaute neugestaltete Hafenbereich von Cardiff in Wales, Großbritannien. Das Revitalisierungsprojekt zählt als eines der erfolgreichsten im gesamten Vereinigten Königreich. Die Bucht wird durch zwei Flüsse River Taff und River Ely gespeist und hat eine Fläche von 2 Km². Es stehen drei Schiffsschleusen zur Verfügung, die 24 Stunden am Tag die Zufahrt ermöglichen.

Geschichte

Cardiff Bay played a major part in Cardiff’s development by being the means of exporting coal from the South Wales Valleys to the rest of the world, helping to power the industrial age. The coal mining industry helped fund the building of Cardiff into the Capital city of Wales and helped the Third Marquis of Bute, who owned the docks, become the richest man in the world at the time.

As Cardiff exports grew, so did its population; dockworkers and sailors from across the world settled in neighbourhoods close to the docks, known as Tiger Bay, and communities from up to 45 different nationalities, including Norwegian, Somali, Yemeni, Spanish, Italian, Caribbean and Irish helped create the unique multicultural character of the area.

After the Second World War most of the industry closed down and became derelict. But, in 1999, new life was injected into the area by the building of the Cardiff Bay Barrage, one of the most controversial building projects of the day but also one of the most successful.[3