Editing Capital of Wales (section)

===Government institutions===
Cardiff only became a centre of national administration with the establishment of the [[Welsh Office]] in 1964, which later prompted the creation of various other public bodies such as the [[Arts Council of Wales]] and the [[Welsh Development Agency]], most of which were based in Cardiff.

In a [[1997 Welsh devolution referendum|1997 referendum]], Wales narrowly voted in favour of establishing the [[Senedd|National Assembly for Wales]] (now known as the Senedd), although only 44% supported the proposal in Cardiff.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44411917 |title=The road to the National Assembly for Wales |date=2000 |publisher=University of Wales Press |last1=Jones |first1=J. Barry |last2=Balsom |first2=Denis |isbn=0-7083-1492-9 |location=Cardiff |oclc=44411917}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swansea.ac.uk/history/research/Wales%20the%20Postnation.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408201247/http://www.swansea.ac.uk/history/research/Wales%20the%20Postnation.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 April 2008 |title=Wales: The Post-Nation |access-date=20 May 2008}}</ref> Due to the relative lack of support for the Assembly locally, and disagreements between the Welsh Office and Cardiff Council over where it should sit, there was a brief period of speculation that the Assembly would be established elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/34653.stm |title=Where To Now for the Welsh Assembly? |date=25 November 1997 |publisher=BBC Wales |access-date=20 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ossw.wales.gov.uk/2006/foi/foi_20060920_15.pdf |title=Welsh Assembly Accommodation |date=2 October 1997 |access-date=20 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528025511/http://ossw.wales.gov.uk/2006/foi/foi_20060920_15.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008}}</ref> However, the Assembly eventually located at [[Tŷ Hywel]] in Cardiff Bay in 1999. It has been based there ever since, moving to its present building in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenational.wales/environment/19795023.architect-richard-rogers-designed-senedd-died/ |title=Architect Richard Rogers who designed the Senedd has died |last=Owen |first=Twm |date=19 December 2021 |work=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>