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St Giles' Cathedral (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries ...
Giles is also the patron saint of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, where St. Giles' High Kirk is a prominent landmark. He is also the patron saint of Graz , Nuremberg , Osnabrück , Sankt Gilgen , Brunswick , Wollaberg , Saint-Gilles (Brussels Capital Region) and Sint-Gillis-Waas .
Map of the city centre, showing the Old Town (dark brown), New Town (mid brown), and the West End (orange), with the World Heritage Site indicated by the red line Cockburn Street in Edinburgh The Old Town ( Scots : Auld Toun ) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland 's capital city of Edinburgh .
Later, in 1385, King Richard II retaliated against a raid by the Auld Alliance of Scotland and England by once again burning St Giles’ – the scorch marks from which are said to have still been ...
The interior of the Thistle Chapel, looking west. The Thistle Chapel, located in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle.. At the foundation of the Order of the Thistle in 1687, James VII ordered Holyrood Abbey be fitted out as a chapel for the Knights.
The Heart of Midlothian is a mosaic located outside St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The heart marks the location of the entrance to Edinburgh's Old Tolbooth which was demolished in 1817. [ 1 ] Locals will often spit upon the heart as a sign of good luck.
This is a list of cathedrals in Scotland. A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or 'mother' church of a diocese . The distinction of cathedral refers to that church being the location of the cathedra , the seat of the bishop .
The location of the Cross between 1617 and 1756. The current mercat cross is of Victorian origin, but was built close to the site occupied by the original. The Cross is first mentioned in a charter of 1365 which indicates that it stood on the south side of the High Street about 45 feet (14 m) from the east end of St. Giles'. [3]