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Perth, Scotland. Perth ([ˈpɛrθ] ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Peairt [pʰɛrˠʃtʲ]) [4][5] is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and is the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about 47,430 in 2018.
Scone Palace. Scone Palace / ˈskuːn / is a Category A- listed historic house near the village of Scone and the city of Perth, Scotland. Ancestral seat of Earls of Mansfield, built in red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is an example of the Gothic Revival style in Scotland. Scone was originally the site of an early Christian church, and ...
Scone Abbey (originally Scone Priory) was a house of Augustinian canons located in Scone, Perthshire (Gowrie), Scotland. Dates given for the establishment of Scone Priory have ranged from 1114 A.D. to 1122 A.D. However, historians have long believed that Scone was before that time, the centre of the early medieval Christian cult of the Culdees ...
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...
Upload Photo. South Street 75–81 (Odd Numbers) Salvation Army Hall And 30–36 King Edward Street (Even Numbers) 56°23′43″N 3°25′47″W. / 56.395389°N 3.429745°W / 56.395389; -3.429745 ( South Street 75–81 (Odd Numbers) Salvation Army Hall And 30–36 King Edward Street (Even Numbers)) Category C (S) 39640.
A. K. Bell Library. / 56.395273°N 3.4374628°W / 56.395273; -3.4374628. The A. K. Bell Library is an historic building on York Place in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The building was originally a hospital before becoming a municipal building and later a library. The central section of the building is Category A listed. [ 1]
St Paul's Church is a former church building located in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Standing in St Paul's Square, on the Old High Street, at its junction with South Methven Street, it was completed in 1807. The work of architect John Paterson, [1] it is now a Category B listed building. [2] It was one of the first churches to be built ...
1824 (200 years ago) (1824) Location. 78 George Street. Perth, Scotland. Architect. David Morison. Perth Art Gallery is the principal art gallery and exhibition space in the city of Perth, Scotland. It is located partly in the Marshall Monument, named in memory of Thomas Hay Marshall, a former provost of Perth. [1]