Tour Scotland Video Thistle Chapel St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. I wasn't able to get a very good video of this famous chapel, too busy and too dark today. The Thistle Chapel is the chapel of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Scotland's foremost Order of Chivalry. The chapel was built in 1911 to designs by Robert Lorimer, at the south-east corner of the church. It is a small, but exquisite, chapel with carved and painted fittings of extraordinary detail. The Order, which was founded by James VII in 1687, consists of the monarch and 16 knights. The knights are the personal appointment of the crown, and are normally Scots who have made a significant contribution to national or international affairs.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Order Of The Thistle Carving St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of an Order Of The Thistle Carving in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. This carving can be found at the entrance to The Thistle Chapel. The Order of the Thistle is Scotland's great order of chivalry, and membership is considered to be one of the country's highest honours.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Marquis of Montrose Tomb St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the Marquis of Montrose Tomb in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tomb of James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose. James was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. From 1644 to 1646, and again in 1650, he fought a civil war in Scotland on behalf of the King and is generally referred to in Scotland as simply "the Great Montrose ".



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Tour Scotland Photograph Pulpit St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of a Pulpit in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The pulpit carved by John Rhind in 1883 acts as a central focus depicting the six acts of mercy. John Rhind, born 1828, died 1892, was a Scottish sculptor, based in Edinburgh. He was born in Banff the son of a master mason. He was trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie, born 1804, died 1870. He was master of the masonic lodge on Hill Street in Edinburgh from 1864 to 1868. He died on 5 April 1892 a few days after being elected an Associate of the RSA, and is buried in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh with a monument by his son John Massey Rhind. He was the father of the sculptors William Birnie Rhind and J. Massey Rhind, and of the architect Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Interior St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. St Giles Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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