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Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh | MyTravelGuide.com
This beautiful stone-built church on the Royal Mile is the Parish Church of the Canongate as well as the Kirk of Holyroodhouse Palace - it is therefore the place of worship of the Royal family when they are in residence. It was built by the order of James VII in 1688 and is well worth visiting in or...
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Canongate Kirk - Old Town - Tourist Attractions - Citikey Edinburgh
Canongate Kirk was built in 1688 on the orders of James VII, replacing the chapel at Holyrood Abbey, which had previously housed the local congregation. The churchyard is the resting place of many famous Scotsmen, including economist Adam Smith and poet Robert Fergusson. The Kirk opens in the summer...
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Edinburgh Festivals - Canongate Kirk
If Gregorian chants are your bag, you couldn't do much better than here. Alternatively, if you just fancy resting your weary limbs on a seat which has been graced by the Queen's rear, this, being the Church of Holyrood Palace...
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Canongate Kirk | Edinburgh Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
(1776), who once lived in the nearby 17th-century Panmure House. Also buried here are Dugald Stewart (1753-1828), the leading European philosopher of his time, and the undervalued Scots poet Robert Fergusson (1750-74). That Fergusson's grave is even marked is the result of efforts by the much more f...
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Canongate Church (church, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
...built in the 15th century). Other notable buildings along this stretch of the Royal Mile are Moray House, a 17th-century town house now used as a teacher-training college; the Baroque-fronted Canongate Church (1688–90), whose graveyard contains the tombs of 18th-century poet Robert Fergusson...
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Inside Edinburgh: Architecture - TripAdvisor
Scott Monument--Built in the mid 1800's. This Gothic-inspired monument has a seated statue of Sir Walter Scott and his dog, in the spire. Climb the almost 300 steps to the top fo...
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