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Dunfermline, ciudad del centro de Escocia y centro administrativo del distrito de Dunfermline, en la región de Fife, emplazada sobre una atalaya que ofrece una hermosa panorámica. Su nombre proviene del gaélico "Dùn Fearam Linn", que significa "Castillo en la curva del arroyo".
- Palacio de Dunfermline
El palacio de Dunfermline (en inglés: Dunfermline Palace) es...
- Palacio de Dunfermline
Dunfermline (/ d ʌ n ˈ f ɜːr m l ɪ n / ⓘ; Scots: Dunfaurlin, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish, former Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries.
- From Priory to Abbey
- The Bruce at Dunfermline
- The Reformed Church at Dunfermline
- Dunfermline Palace
In 1070, Margaret founded a priory in Dunfermline on the site where she had married Malcolm III. She introduced a small community of Benedictine monks from Canterbury, and so laid the foundations of the first Benedictine house in Scotland. David I made the priory an abbey in 1128. He had a new church built on a grand scale, of which the magnificent...
After Edward I badly damaged Dunfermline Abbey in 1303, Robert I financed its rebuilding. It was a move that showed confidence in the affluence and self-reliance of his kingdom following the Wars of Independence with England. The most impressive of the new buildings was the monks’ refectory, a soaring structure with an elaborate façade, which took ...
After the Protestant Reformation in 1560, the: 1. nave was converted into a parish kirk for the people of Dunfermline 2. old choir was allowed to collapse The state assumed responsibility for the care of the nave after the new parish church was built on the site of the choir between 1818 and 1821.
Medieval abbeys typically had several grades of accommodation, and it’s likely that the guesthouse was a royal residence right from the start. After the Reformation, a new palace was created out of the guesthouse and the west range of the abbey. Dunfermline Palace became the personal residence of James VI’s queen, Anna of Denmark. The future Charle...
Dunfermline (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain) is a former burgh and current city in Fife, Scotland. The town grew under the influence of Queen Margaret to be an important ecclesiastical burgh (a town with special privileges).
Dunfermline Palace is a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It is currently, along with other buildings of the adjacent Dunfermline Abbey, under the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument.
Dunfermline, ciudad del centro de Escocia y centro administrativo del distrito de Dunfermline, en la región de Fife, emplazada sobre una atalaya que ofrece una hermosa panorámica. Su nombre proviene del gaélico "Dùn Fearam Linn", que significa "Castillo en la curva del arroyo".
