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The building's conference and seminar facilities include the 200 capacity Marble Hall, the 50 capacity wood-panelled Council Chamber and a smaller 20 capacity meeting room. The venue has parking nearby and is within walking distance of the northern city centre. It can also be reached by rail
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The central portion of the building, being deliberately higher than the wings, houses the spacious Marble Hall. Situated on the ground floor and facing the main entrance, it is lined with dove-grey marble to symbolise the emblem of peace. It serves as a meeting place of cultural and social
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The Council Chamber is a wood-panelled room on the first floor of the building. It is used as a meeting place, and also houses many books with international themes, including part of Davies' own book collection.
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soil, the bronze used on the glass casing of the book is French, and the marble pedestal on which it rests is from Belgium. Concealed lighting illuminates the book from the roof of the Crypt.
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for those who died in World War I. It is 1,100 pages long and contains the names of 35,000 men and women who were of Welsh birth or parentage or served in Welsh regiments. As most died on
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In founding the Temple, Davies intended to combine the goals of peace and health and to express these ideals in the architectural design of the building. The building's architect,
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organisations, with many lectures and conferences on international issues having been held here; it is also a venue for campaigning groups and social events.
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Davies wanted the Temple of Peace and Health to be "a memorial to those gallant men from all nations who gave their lives in the
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58,000 (equivalent to £5,200,000 in 2023) towards the erection of a building to house the two organisations.
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The building has also been used as a filming location for other television shows, including the 2010
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in 1937. The building opened on 23 November 1938, with a ceremony that featured Minnie James of
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The building is in the form of the letter T, with two wings, and is built of
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five billion years in the future. The hall was also used in the episodes "
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in protest at the approaching investiture of Prince Charles (now
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The striking architecture of the interior of the Temple of Peace
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Situated immediately below the Temple Hall, the Crypt houses a
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The Temple of Peace and Health was bombed in July 1968 by
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The Temple of Peace and Health was the brainchild of
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The Crypt and the Welsh National Book of Remembrance
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King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association
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Cathays Park
51°29′14″N 3°11′00″W / 51.48733°N 3.18329°W / 51.48733; -3.18329
Percy Thomas
Art Deco
Listed Building
Welsh
Cathays Park
Cardiff
Wales
Percy Thomas
Cathays railway station
David Davies, 1st Baron Davies
King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association
tuberculosis
League of Nations Union
£
war that was to end war
Sir Percy Thomas
Royal Institute of British Architects
Viscount Halifax
Dowlais
Welsh nationalists
Charles III
Prince of Wales
Cardiff University
Public Health Wales
Welsh Centre for International Affairs

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