St Albans started life as the Catuvellauni settlement of Verlamio, renamed and developed by the Romans as Verulamium.
Ruins of portions of the Roman wall, the theatre and a hypocaust can be visited today.
The Cathedral, originally founded as the Abbey Church of the monastery on the site, is built partially of stones taken from the old Roman town.
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