St David's Cathedral.
It's a totally unexpected sight to see such a huge religious vista after slowly cycling through the initially unremarkable St Davids - it's little more than a large village - but it is a city, a status bestowed upon it in 1995 due to it's Cathedral. It's a stunning sight and the elevation of the land gives it a panoramic picture from every direction
It's history as might be expected is immense. William the Conqueror visited St Davids to pray, kings and queens have made their way here, it's been hit by an earthquake, and vandals a 1000 years ago stripped Saint David's shrine of its valuable and precious metals. Today the cathedral is a place for pilgrims as they make their way to this South-west corner of Wales. It's clearly a special place with stories of Wales' celtic past everywhere.
Jeff Thomas
"St David is the patron saint of Wales and this was his birthplace. Built upon the site of St David's 6th century monastery, the Cathedral has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for many hundreds of years and remains a church serving a living community. Nowhere in Britain is there a more ancient cathedral settlement, for it reaches back fourteen centuries and survived the plunder of the Norsmen in the 'Dark Ages'. St David chose this wild, beautiful region as the site of his monastery in the 6th century and you will find his shrine in the purple-stoned cathedral, which nestles inconspicuously in a grassy hollow beneath the rooftops of the tiny city."