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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 interior of the Thistle Chapel, looking west. Located at the south-east corner of St Giles', the Thistle Chapel is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle; it is accessed externally by the east door of the church and from the church itself by the south choir aisle. [357]
Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral The fan faulted ceiling of the Thistle Chapel, by Joseph Hayes Pinnacles over the Knights' seating in the Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral Thistle Chapel Ante-Chapel. Joseph Hayes (1869–1916) was a Scottish sculptor and art teacher. He is best known for the Thistle Chapel within St Giles Cathedral. His ...
He said: “St Giles’ houses the Thistle Chapel, home to Scotland’s highest chivalry order, The Order of the Thistle. “The Queen, as Sovereign of the Order, would be in attendance to install ...
Camilla was installed as a Royal Lady of the Thistle while Edward became a Royal Knight during a private ceremony staged in the cathedral’s Thistle chapel, but the audio was broadcast to the ...
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When James VII created the modern order in 1687, he directed that the Abbey Church at the Palace of Holyroodhouse be converted to a Chapel for the Order of the Thistle, perhaps copying the idea from the Order of the Garter (whose chapel is located in Windsor Castle). James VII, however, was deposed by 1688; the Chapel, meanwhile, had been ...
Saint Giles' is the patron saint of Edinburgh and the city's ancient parish church is dedicated to him. The Thistle Chapel was designed Robert Lorimer and built between 1909 and 1911. It is the spiritual home of the Order of the Thistle: Scotland's highest chivalric order. The stone carving is by Joseph Hayes using designs by Louis Deuchars.