St David’s Cathedral, North-West view
St David of Menevia founded a monastery and a community in the 6th century on the site of the present cathedral. It suffered many depredations over the ensuing four centuries, particularly from the Vikings who killed Bishop Morgenau in 999 and Bishop Abraham in 1080. The stone marking Bishop Abraham’s burial site with its Celtic markings is known as the ‘Abraham Stone’ and kept on display. The community survived and King Alfred consulted it for its intellectual wisdom and William the Conqueror came to pray at the site. The present cathedral, constructed in the 12th century, suffered many calamities particularly its almost total destruction by Cromwell’s soldiers in 1648. The cathedral was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries first under the guidance of the architect John Nash and later under Sir George Gilbert Scott. The picture was drawn by Benjamin Baud and engraved by Benjamin Wilkes.
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Location: St David’s, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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