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Archbishop opens medieval church (UK)

A 13th Century church, which was dismantled and rebuilt 50 miles away at a museum in Cardiff, has been opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

St Teilo's Church has been recreated stone-by-stone over 20 years at the National History Museum, St Fagans.

The church from Pontarddulais near Swansea has been restored to recreate its appearance in 1520.
Read entire article at BBC