Tour Scotland Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of Holyrood Palace on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Edinburgh. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining. Erected in 1859 at the request of Queen Victoria, the fountain in the Palace forecourt was designed to emulate one made for King James V, which stands near the palace of Linlithgow. It consists of an octagon base with a large circular basin, and is divided into three stages in height. Throughout, the structure is embellished with beautiful work, representing animals in its lower part, while in the second are richly carved figures of musicians, which are surmounted by an imperial crown supported by four yeomen of the Guard.
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