Уэльс Бейбітшілік және Денсаулық Ғалымының Ұлттық Іргетасы

Non religious building in Cardiff, Wales

The Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health, known as the Temple of Peace and Health or commonly the Temple of Peace, is a non religious civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. It was designed by the architect Sir Percy Thomas. Since its foundation, the building has served a dual function as headquarters for health and international affairs organisations.

The building's conference and seminar facilities include the 200 capacity Marble Hall, the 50 capacity wood panelled Council Chamber and a smaller 20 capacity meeting room. The venue has parking nearby and is within walking distance of the northern city centre. It can also be reached by rail transport from Cathays railway station.

The Temple of Peace and Health was the brainchild of David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, and was conceived to serve two purposes. The first was to provide a home for the King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association, a voluntary organisation dedicated to the prevention, treatment and eradication of tuberculosis, which Davies had founded in 1910. Davies was also the founding president of the Welsh National Council of the League of Nations Union, and in 1934 he pledged £58,000 (58000.0 in 1934 is equivalent to about <calculated amount> in recent years) towards the erection of a building to house the two organisations. Davies wanted the Temple of Peace and Health to be "a memorial to those gallant men from all nations who gave their lives in the war that was to end war", so it was dedicated to the memory of those who died in that war. In founding the Temple, Davies intended to combine the goals of peace and health and to express these ideals in the architectural design of the building. The building's architect, Sir Percy Thomas, was awarded the bronze medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects for its design. The foundation stone was laid by Viscount Halifax in 1937. The building opened on 23 November 1938, with a ceremony that featured Minnie James of Dowlais, who lost three of her sons in World War I. The Temple of Peace and Health was bombed in July 1968 by Welsh nationalists in protest at the approaching investiture of Prince Charles (now Charles III) as Prince of Wales. In 2018, Cardiff University bought the Temple of Peace from Public Health Wales, although the Welsh Centre for International Affairs remains as leaseholder of part of the building.

Situated immediately below the Temple Hall, the Crypt houses a Book of Remembrance for those who died in World War I. It is 1,100 pages long and contains the names of 35,000 men and women who were of Welsh birth or parentage or served in Welsh regiments. As most died on Belgian or French soil, the bronze used on the glass casing of the book is French, and the marble pedestal on which it rests is from Belgium. Concealed lighting illuminates the book from the roof of the Crypt. The building has also been used as a filming location for other television shows, including the 2010 Sherlock episode "The Blind Banker" and His Dark Materials.