Rosslyn Chapel

E73455
church building parish church tourist attraction

Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Scottish church renowned for its intricate stone carvings, rich symbolism, and prominent role in popular conspiracy theories and literature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rosslyn Chapel canonical 13
Rosslyn Chapel (traditionally attributed) 1
interior of Rosslyn Chapel 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church building ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
Late Gothic ⓘ
associatedWith Freemasons ⓘ
surface form: Freemasonry

Holy Grail ⓘ
surface form: Holy Grail legends

Knights Templar legends ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1446 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 55.855°N 3.160°W ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apostle Matthew ⓘ
surface form: Saint Matthew
denomination Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ
famousFor appearance in films ⓘ
appearance in popular literature ⓘ
association with conspiracy theories ⓘ
rich symbolism ⓘ
foundedBy William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness ⓘ
hasCarving biblical scenes ⓘ
musical angels ⓘ
pagan imagery ⓘ
plant motifs ⓘ
hasInscription Latin inscriptions ⓘ
hasPart choir ⓘ
crypt ⓘ
sacristy ⓘ
transept ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Scotland ⓘ
inception 15th century ⓘ
locatedIn Midlothian ⓘ
Roslin ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
materialUsed sandstone ⓘ
notableFeature Apprentice Pillar ⓘ
Green Man carvings ⓘ
Masonic symbolism ⓘ
intricate stone carvings ⓘ
ornate ceiling ⓘ
ownedBy Rosslyn Chapel Trust ⓘ
popularCultureReference The Da Vinci Code ⓘ
surface form: The Da Vinci Code (film)

The Da Vinci Code ⓘ
surface form: The Da Vinci Code (novel)
religion Christianity ⓘ
restoration extensive conservation work in late 20th century ⓘ
roof and stonework conservation in 1990s and 2000s ⓘ
use concert venue ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
visitorStatistics major increase in visitors after 2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

The Da Vinci Code → notableLocationFeatured → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Midlothian → contains → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Midlothian council area → containsHistoricSite → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
subject surface form: Midlothian
Roslin → locatedNear → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Roslin → hasNearbyLandmark → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Roslin → tourismBasedOn → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Clan Sinclair → hasHistoricBurialPlace → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Apprentice Pillar → locatedIn → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Apprentice Pillar → partOf → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
this entity surface form: interior of Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel Trust → manages → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
Rosslyn Chapel Trust → associatedWith → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → associatedWithPlace → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → builderOf → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → burialPlace → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosslyn Chapel (traditionally attributed)
Rosslyn → sharesNameWith → Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ