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Brecon Cathedral
Brecon Beacons - Brecon, Powys, Wales
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Brecon Cathedral is one of the best surviving examples of medieval architecture in Wales, and also one of the newest cathedrals in Britain. The core of the cathedral is Norman, but much of the building we see today dates from the 13th and 14th centuries. It began as the priory church of a Benedictine monastery, but after the Reformation it served as the parish church for the town of Brecon, then in 1923 it was raised to cathedral status.

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