St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

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Church of Scotland kirk cathedral church building listed building tourist attraction

St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh is a historic Church of Scotland landmark on the Royal Mile, renowned as the High Kirk of Edinburgh and noted for its distinctive crown steeple and rich religious and civic heritage.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
St Giles’ Cathedral	21
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh	2
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh canonical	2
Thistle Chapel, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh	2
Chapel of the Order of the Thistle at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh	1
Church of Scotland (cathedral)	1
St Giles Cathedral	1
St Giles' Cathedral	1
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (churchyard site)	1
St Giles’ Cathedral complex	1
Thistle Chapel, St Giles’ Cathedral	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of Scotland kirk ⓘ cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ listed building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	John Knox ⓘ
churchmanship	Presbyterian ⓘ
city	Edinburgh ⓘ
containsFeature	John Knox statue ⓘ Thistle Chapel ⓘ central nave ⓘ multiple side aisles ⓘ numerous memorials and monuments ⓘ pipe organ ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination	Church of Scotland ⓘ
firstRecorded	1120s ⓘ
foundedInCentury	12th century ⓘ
function	civic church of Edinburgh ⓘ parish church ⓘ
governingBody	Kirk Session of St Giles’ ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature	crown steeple ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
hasSpireHeightApprox	45 metres ⓘ
hasTowerType	crown tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building ⓘ part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownAs	High Kirk of Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
locatedOn	Royal Mile ⓘ
majorRestoration	19th century ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Giles ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	Church of Scotland ⓘ
ownership	City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Scottish Reformation ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury	14th century ⓘ
region	Lothian ⓘ
servesAs	chapel of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ
tradition	Reformed ⓘ
underwentRestorationBy	Robert Rowand Anderson ⓘ William Burn ⓘ William Chambers ⓘ
usedFor	civic ceremonies ⓘ concerts ⓘ state occasions ⓘ tourist visits ⓘ worship services ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Order of the Thistle → chapelLocation → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

John Knox → burialPlace → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (churchyard site)

Edinburgh → hasLandmark → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles' Cathedral

Lady of the Thistle → isConnectedTo → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapel of the Order of the Thistle at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Thistle Chapel → locatedIn → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Thistle Chapel → partOf → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral complex

Old Town of Edinburgh → hasPart → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Parliament House, Edinburgh → locatedNear → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Parliament House, Edinburgh → adjacentTo → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Royal Mile → hasLandmark → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → placeOfBurial → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle → ceremonialLocation → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

Sovereign of the Order of the Thistle → associatedBuilding → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thistle Chapel, St Giles’ Cathedral

Dornoch → religiousDenomination → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of Scotland (cathedral)

Parliament Square, Edinburgh → borderedBy → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Parliament Square, Edinburgh → hasLandmark → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

High Kirk of Edinburgh → alsoKnownAs → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

High Kirk of Edinburgh → alsoKnownAs → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles Cathedral

Kirk Session of St Giles’ → governs → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Kirk Session of St Giles’ → locatedIn → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Kirk Session of St Giles’ → meetsAt → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer → notableWork → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thistle Chapel, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Robert Lorimer → notableWork → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thistle Chapel, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Old Town → knownFor → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

John Knox House → near → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Parliament Hall → locatedNear → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Signet Library (adjoining complex) → near → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

The Mound, Edinburgh → near → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton → placeOfBurial → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

High Street, Edinburgh → hasBuilding → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

High Street, Edinburgh → hasNearbyInstitution → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Operation Unicorn → associatedWith → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

The Ryal Mile → passesNear → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Am Mìle Rìoghail → hasTouristAttraction → St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral