Church sights in Central Scotland
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St John's Kirk
Daunting St John's Kirk, founded in 1126, is surrounded by cobbled streets and is still the centrepiece of the town. In 1559 John Knox preached a powerful sermon here that helped begin the Reformation, inciting a frenzied destruction of Scone abbey and other religious sites. Perth used to be known as St John's Town after this church; the football team here is still called St Johnstone.
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Dunblane Cathedral
Fabulous Dunblane Cathedral is well worth a detour. It’s a superb, elegant sandstone building – a fine example of Gothic style. The lower parts of the walls date from Norman times, the rest mainly from the 13th to 15th centuries, though the bell tower stood alongside an earlier 12th-century structure. A 10th-century carved Celtic stone is at the nave’s head, and a standing stone commemorates the town’s slain children.
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St Nicholas Church
On the northern side of Union St, 300m west of Castlegate, is St Nicholas Church, the so-called 'Mither Kirk' (Mother Church) of Aberdeen. The granite spire dates from the 19th century, but there has been a church on this site since the 12th century; the early 15th-century St Mary's Chapel survives in the eastern part of the church.
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Church of the Holy Rude
The Church of the Holy Rude has been the town’s parish church for 600 years and James VI was crowned here in 1567. The nave and tower date from 1456, and the church has one of the few surviving medieval open-timber roofs. Stunning stained-glass windows and huge stone pillars create a powerful effect.
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St Mary's Church
Pedestrianised High St leads west into Nethergate, flanked to the north by St Mary's Church . Most of the church dates from the 19th century, but the Old Steeple was built around 1460.
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