Cathays Park is a civic area in central Cardiff, Wales, consisting of a number of early 20th century buildings and a central park area. It includes Edwardian buildings such as the Temple of Peace, City Hall, the National Museum and Gallery of Wales and several buildings belonging to Cardiff University, as well as more the modern law courts, police station, and the administrative headquarters of the Welsh Assembly Government. The park includes the Welsh National War Memorial.
Probably no town in the kingdom has a nobler group of public buildings than those in CathaysPark, which also commands a view of the castle ramparts and the old keep.
On opposite sides of a fine avenue are the assize courts and new town hall (with municipal offices), which are both in the Renaissance style.
In CathaysPark there is also a "gorsedd" or bardic circle of huge monoliths erected in connexion with the eisteddfod of 1899.
Cathays (pronounced Cattays) is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales.
The area of Cathays is probably best known to locals for the disproportionately high number of students living in the locality, given its proximity to most of Cardiff University's teaching sites.
Hence, the name "Cathays" seems to derive from the old Welsh for "battlefield"; although no battle is known on the site, the name is quite old and may be pre-Roman in origin.
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