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A ‘miniature Bayeux Tapestry’ in Orkney…

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Collection of painted panels in St Magnus Cathedral © 2012 Scotiana

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Mairiuna, we’ve just enjoyed reading your post on the children’s painted panels in St Magnus Cathedral – a miniature Bayeux Tapestry! What was it, we wondered, that attracted the Arran children to this subject?

(Iain & Margaret – […]

November 21st, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches, Orkney | Leave a comment

Children illuminate St Magnus’s life in Kirkwall Cathedral

 

St Magnus Cathedral western front central doorway © 2012 Scotiana

 

Hi everybody,

Did you read my last post about St Magnus Cathedral? This beautiful pink and white sandstone church is situated in the heart of Kirkwall, the capital city of Orkney.

Look! The door is open… let’s go inside, for the […]

November 16th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches, History, Orkney | One comment

St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney: The ‘Light in the North’…

 

Orkney road on a rainy autumn day © 2012 Scotiana

Hi everybody,

Hi Janice 😉 Many thanks for writing so interesting and funny pages… I’m always looking forward to reading them. What unforgettable moments you’re evoking… I would like so much to be in Scotland again!

We were in Orkney last September […]

November 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches | Leave a comment

Melrose Abbey : a King, a Wizard and Sir Walter Scott’s Faithful Servant Buried There?

Ardvreck Castle Loch Assynt Sutherland Scotland Source : Wikipedia

While travelling all over Scotland we’ve discovered a great number of ruins and visited some of them, from the grandiose remains of castles, abbeys and churches, often set in dramatic landscapes, to the more modest and heartbreaking crofts […]

August 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches | 11 comments

Robert the Bruce’s Heart Buried at Melrose Abbey

In 2000, when we first visited Melrose Abbey, we did not know that the heart of Robert the Bruce, the famous Scottish King who defeated the English army at Bannockburn, on 24 June 1314, was buried there.

Indeed, we didn’t know much about Scotland and its history for it was our first journey there, only […]

July 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches | 2 comments
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