#Edinburgh Greyfriars Kirk

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Looking west over Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh from The  National Museum of Scot land Rooftop Terrace.

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16 avril:

Visite d'Edinburg J2

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[nancyfmccarthy]

Edinburgh

We have now had two days in Edinburgh. The weather has been surprisingly wonderful. We have walked the city from end to end.

The Old Town is crowded and very touristy. The Royal Mile is lined with shops selling cashmere and souvenirs. Because it is British, it is neat and orderly in a Disney-esque way, attractive but not our cup of tea. We did enjoy the hike up to Arthur’s Seat.

This afternoon we walked around New Town and the West End. This felt more like the elegant city which I had imagined. Our walk included the botanical gardens and great views from Calton Hill.

Tomorrow we get our rental car and head to St Andrew’s.

Our hotel, The Bonham, is in a beautiful row house in the West End.

The Royal Mile before the afternoon crowds.

The path down from Arthur’s Seat

The crowd heading into Edinburgh Castle - we skipped it!

The castle is built on the what was a volcano. the Royal Mile (and Old Town generally) is built along the volcanic ridge.

Buddy, the Skye Terrier, who is said to have stood by his master’s grave in Greyfriar Kirk yard for 14 years until he himself passed sway in 1872.

Circus Street, which is noteworthy for its cuteness!

View of Old Town from the botanical garden.

Paul with Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle went to the medical school of Edinburgh University. Holmes is said to be based on one of his professors there.

New town and the Firth of Forth (no, this is not a type-o! All of the place names are reminiscent of Monty Python to me) from Calton Hill.

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Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

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Events 2.10

1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. 1355 – The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. 1567 – Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. 1712 – Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos. 1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians. 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 1846 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. 1862 – American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina. 1906 – HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened. 1920 – Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs the symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. 1920 – About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites. 1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. 1930 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam. 1933 – In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later. 1936 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. 1939 – Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France. 1940 – The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia. 1943 – World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor. 1947 – The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II. 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. 1962 – Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. 1964 – Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82. 1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. 1972 – Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates. 1984 – Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre. 1989 – Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. 1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. 2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. 2009 – The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. 2016 – South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.

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“Reflection paper”

In "Prayers for Bobby," Mary Griffith (Sigourney Weaver) is a devout Christian who raises her children with the conservative teachings of the Presbyterian Church. However, when her son Bobby Ryan confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. In this adaptation of a true story, devout Christian Mary Griffith (Sigourney Weaver) fights to "cure" her gay son, Bobby (Ryan Kelley). Although he tries to please his mother, Bobby cannot change his lifestyle, and his depression leads to suicide. Mary questions her faith and searches for comfort, but after the church is unable to help her cope with Bobby's death, she seeks to understand her opinions on homosexuality for herself. Eventually, Mary becomes an advocate for gay rights. Greyfriar's Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriar's Kirk (church), and it was a place close to both of the mentioned coffee houses frequented by J. K. Rowling. It has been said that some of the gravestones here may have given Rowling inspiration for some of her famous Harry Potter characters. Eilean na Moine Island in the loch was used as Dumbledore's grave; it was filmed, then digitally placed in Loch Arkaig. Loch Eilt is a freshwater loch in Lochaber in the West Highlands.

Harry Potter fans now know the exact location of an American Hogwarts, but the real one exists in England. Alnwick Castle stood in for the famed wizarding school in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The monument reads, "Greyfriars Bobby – Died 14 January 1872 – Aged 16 years – Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all". In 2021 a new monument to mark the 150th anniversary of the dog's death was placed close to the east wall of Greyfriars Kirk. However, according to experts in the breed, Greyfriars Bobby is more likely to have been a dandie dinmont terrier which originated in the Scottish borders in the 17th century. Over the years, Greyfriars Bobby's black nose has started to become shiny from all the tourists rubbing the nose of the legendary statue. Many believe that it will bring them good luck in the future. Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle took to Twitter to post a behind-the-scenes video of everyone's favorite human-groundhog hybrid, Bobby. Is "Dog" Based on a True Story? While it's not entirely based on a true story, elements of "Dog" are inspired by Tatum's life. Lulu, the Belgian malinois in the film, is named after Tatum's beloved late dog. Bobby passed away in January 1872, aged 16 years old, and as a final token to his loyalty, was buried close to his master in the kirkyard. A granite fountain with a statue of Bobby can be found opposite Greyfriars Kirkyard – a permanent memorial to this faithful pup.

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Edinburgh Rehberi

Edinburgh Greyfriars Kirk

Bir ortaçağ manastırı üzerine inşa edilen Greyfriars Kilisesi, 1638’de Ulusal Antlaşma’nın imzalandığı yerdi. İskoçya’daki hükümdardan bağımsız olan Presbiteryen Kilisesi’ni ilan eden antlaşma, İskoçya’yı on yıllarca süren iç savaşa itti – burada bilgilendirici paneller ve tüm hikayeyi bulabilirsiniz.

Ancak, buradaki gerçek cazibe, kuşkusuz Avrupa’nın en hatırlatıcılarından biri olan geniş, yamaç mezarlığıdır. Eski, sarsıcı mezar taşları, İskoçya’nın en saygın kahramanlarının ve aşağılık kötü adamlarının mezarlarını işaret ediyor. Büyük mezarların bazıları caddelerde düzenlenmiştir; birkaçı kapalı ama diğerleri dolaşabilirsiniz. Özellikle alacakaranlıkta keşfetmek için son derece atmosferik bir yer. Hayatta kalan iki nadir mortsağa dikkat edin: 1800’lerin başında tıp okullarına satış için cesetlerin çalınmasını önlemek için mezarların etrafına dikilen demir kafesler. Yakınlarda, George IV Köprüsü ve Candlemaker Row’un köşesinde, İskoçya’nın en çok fotoğraflanan sitelerinden biri duruyor: sözde ayrılan sahibinin mezarını korumak için 14 yıl geçiren bir Skye terrier olan Greyfriars Bobby heykeli.

https://gezirehberlercisi.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/edinburgh-rehberi/

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Mar 14th 2019

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Daytrip to Edinburgh

Along the Royal Mile to Greyfriars, the National Museum of Scotland (with a great roof terrace view) and finishing off at the Meadows. 

Edinburgh in motion.

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Supercool 3D models of  graves at  Greyfriars Kirkyard

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 Last winter, Edinburgh ❄️

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I’d said I was done with my vacation pics, but I got my film back and was happy with the way some of them turned out.

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The 17th century was a great age of church building in Edinburgh. Within the boundaries of the World Heritage Site there are three splendid examples (Greyfriars 1601 - 1620, Christ’s Kirk at the Tron 1636-47, and Canongate 1688-91). This spate of building was partly due to the division of the old parish of Edinburgh into four new districts after the Reformation. The Canongate Kirk was built for the displaced congregation from Holyrood Abbey.

The new kirk for the south west district of the city was proposed for the site of the old friary of the Franciscans (the Greyfriars) in 1601. The land had passed into the possession of Mary Queen of Scots, who subsequently granted it to the town council, for use as a burying ground. The building was ordered to re-use ‘butrages and durris’ (buttresses and doors) from the convent at Sciennes, and was opened on Christmas Day 1620.

The kirk has witnessed many important moments in Scottish history including the signing of the National Covenant in 1638, and in 1679, the imprisonment of some 1,200 Covenanters in the kirkyard pending trial.

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Tom Riddle and family grave marker