Holyrood Abbey

monastery ruins in Holyrood, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Holyrood Abbey

Summary

Holyrood Abbey is a ruins[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of ruins entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Holyrood Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Holyrood Abbey is located in City of Edinburgh[4].
  • Holyrood Abbey is located in Edinburgh[5].
  • Holyrood Abbey is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Holyrood Abbey's image is recorded as Holyrood Abbey - Edinburgh.jpg[7].
  • Holyrood Abbey's image is recorded as Edinburgh - Holyrood Abbey, precinct and associated remains - 20140427120646.jpg[8].
  • Holyrood Abbey's instance of is recorded as ruins[9].
  • Holyrood Abbey's instance of is recorded as monastery ruins[10].
  • Holyrood Abbey's commissioned by is recorded as David I of Scotland[11].
  • Holyrood Abbey's founder is recorded as David I of Scotland[12].
  • Holyrood Abbey's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315945453[13].
  • Holyrood Abbey's location is recorded as Holyrood[14].
  • Holyrood Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Holyrood Abbey[15].
  • +1128-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Holyrood Abbey[16].
  • Holyrood Abbey's religious order is recorded as Canons Regular of Saint Augustine[17].
  • Holyrood Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.953161111111, 'lon': -3.171575}[18].
  • Holyrood Abbey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jp8f[19].
  • Holyrood Abbey's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM13031[20].
  • Holyrood Abbey's Canmore ID is recorded as 52369[21].
  • Holyrood Abbey's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • Holyrood Abbey's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Holyrood[23].
  • Holyrood Abbey's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[24].
  • Holyrood Abbey's category for people buried here is recorded as Category:Burials at Holyrood Abbey[25].
  • Holyrood Abbey's Find a Grave cemetery ID is recorded as 1990291[26].
  • Holyrood Abbey's UK National Archives ID is recorded as F88467[27].

Body

Geography

Holyrood Abbey is in the country of United Kingdom[6]. Located in include City of Edinburgh[4], a council area[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Edinburgh[5], a civil parish[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ruins[9] and monastery ruins[10]. Holyrood Abbey's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[24]. Its religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

+1128-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Holyrood Abbey[16].

Why It Matters

Holyrood Abbey ranks in the top 4% of ruins entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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