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El palacio de Dunfermline (en inglés: Dunfermline Palace) es un antiguo palacio real de Escocia, actualmente en ruinas, localizado en Dunfermline, en la región de Fife. Fue construido junto al hospitium de la abadía de Dunfermline, ocupando una posición pintoresca próxima al desfiladero.
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 ( / dʌnˈfɜːrmlɪn / ⓘ; 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.
- 7.07 sq mi (18.3 km²)
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Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair.
Hace 2 días · Read about the history of Dunfermline Abbey, where Robert the Bruce and other great monarchs are laid to rest, and also the origins of Dunfermline Palace. As the final resting place of some of Scotland’s great kings and queens, Dunfermline Abbey has a special place in the nation’s heart.
Some of Scotland’s greatest medieval monarchs were laid to rest at Dunfermline Abbey. Founded as a priory, Dunfermline was made an abbey by David I and later became a royal mausoleum. Following the Protestant Reformation of 1560, Queen Anna of Denmark created an imposing palace with the monastic guesthouse at its heart.
Dunfermline Palace and Abbey consists of the now ruinous royal palace and domestic buildings of the adjacent abbey, as well as the impressive church nave, in the heritage quarter of the burgh of Dunfermline in Fife.
