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    A castle for the world’s richest man

    Dec 15, 2021 4 minutes
    LUCINDA LAMBTON

    Cardiff Castle is a sensational, superb, decorative triumph. The Roman and medieval castle was transformed by the 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900) and his whizz-bang adviser and friend the architect William Burges.

    They created a town of towers – not a small town, either. Each tower is jam-packed with jewel-like rooms, ablaze with the rarest of architectural riches. As you cheer on their glories, I defy any of you readers to find a building of equal excitement, rarity and splendour.

    Gold shrieks at you from every wall, along with myriad architectural oddities inlaid into a variety of woods, often enhanced with a wealth of mother-of-pearl. A cockatoo twinkles with a

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