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[[Image:Cadw.PNG|frame|right|The current logo of Cadw.]]
'''Cadw''' ({{lang-en|to keep}}) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] government body with the mission to protect, conserve, and to promote the built heritage of [[Wales]]. It is the Welsh equivalent of [[English Heritage]] and [[Historic Scotland]] and is now part of the [[Welsh Assembly Government]].
Most of Wales' great [[castle]]s, and other monuments such as bishop's palaces, historic houses, and ruined [[abbeys]], are now in Cadw's care. Cadw does not own them, but is responsible for their upkeep and for making them accessible to the public. Cadw is also responsible for "listing"<ref>[http://www.heritage.co.uk/apavilions/glstb.html About Listed Buildings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and ensuring the preservation of historic buildings and archaeological sites.
The organization, whose full name is '''Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments''', was created in 1984; its headquarters are in [[Nantgarw]], just north of [[Cardiff]]. Since the 1998 creation of the [[National Assembly for Wales]], Cadw has been part of the [[devolved government]] of Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government.
==See also==
*[[Abbeys and priories in Wales]]
*[[Castles in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Conservation in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Historic houses in Wales]]
*[[List of Cadw (Welsh Heritage) Properties]]
*[[Museums in Wales]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/ Official Cadw website] {{en icon}} {{cy icon}}
*[http://www.rcahmw.gov.uk Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales] {{en icon}} {{cy icon}}
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