Holyrood Palace
Holyrood
Palace was built between 1671 and 1678 and it is the official
residence of the British monarch in Scotland. The palace was
originally founded in 1128 as an Augustinian monastery. The name of
the palace comes from either a legendary vision of the cross
witnessed by David I or from a relic of the True Cross known as the
Holy Rood or Black Rood which belonged to David's mother, Queen
Margaret. Many monarchs lived in the palace and each added to it.
James IV cleared the ground around the Abbey and built a Palace for
himself and his bride, Margaret Tudor in 1501. James V added a
massive tower between 1528 and 1532. When James VI became King of
England in 1603, he moved to London and the palace was no longer
the seat of a permanent royal court. King George IV became the
first reigning monarch since Charles I to visit Holyrood in
1822.
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DMFG021a-b
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