Earl's Palace

ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
AdministrativeArea castle_ruin Q2456165
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Earl's Palace

Summary

Earl's Palace is a castle ruin[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (castle_ruin category, ranking #37 of 241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Earl's Palace is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Earl's Palace is located in Kirkwall and St Ola[4].
  • Earl's Palace is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Earl's Palace's image is recorded as Earls palace orkney 1.jpg[6].
  • Earl's Palace's instance of is recorded as castle ruin[7].
  • Earl's Palace's owned by is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[8].
  • Earl's Palace's operator is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[9].
  • Earl's Palace's architectural style is recorded as Renaissance architecture[10].
  • Earl's Palace's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316596028[11].
  • Earl's Palace's Commons category is recorded as Earl's Palace, Kirkwall[12].
  • +1601-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Earl's Palace[13].
  • Earl's Palace's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.98053, 'lon': -2.95887}[14].
  • Earl's Palace's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/094c6z[15].
  • Earl's Palace's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM90194[16].
  • Earl's Palace's Canmore ID is recorded as 2496[17].
  • Earl's Palace's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/earls-palace-birsay/[18].
  • Earl's Palace's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[19].
  • Earl's Palace's associated electoral district is recorded as Orkney and Shetland[20].
  • Earl's Palace's historic county is recorded as Orkney Islands[21].

Body

Geography

Earl's Palace is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Orkney Islands[3], an archipelago[22], in United Kingdom[23] and Kirkwall and St Ola[4], a civil parish[24], in United Kingdom[25].

Designation and Status

Earl's Palace's instance of is recorded as castle ruin[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[19].

History and Context

+1601-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Earl's Palace[13]. Its owned by is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[8].

Why It Matters

Earl's Palace draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (castle_ruin category, ranking #37 of 241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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