The Royal Palace, Stirling Castle
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- The interior of the magnificient Royal Palace at Stirling Castle, after its £12m revamp!
Stirling Palace was built for King James V and his second queen, Mary of Guise. It is one of the most remarkable and complete Renaissance buildings in Britain.
The refurbishment includes four giant tapestries and the installation of replicas of the Stirling Heads, carvings which date from after 1530.
Dowager queen, Mary of Guise, and her young daughter, Mary Queen of Scots, are known to have stayed at the royal palace in the 1540s.
A triptych in one of the six refurbished royal apartments features St Cecelia and St Clare, both of whom were closely associated with Mary of Guise.
Four giant tapestries, which have taken more than three years to hand weave, are also in the palace.
The Stirling Heads were originally installed on the ceiling of the King's Inner Hall sometime after 1530.
A total of 34 of the original 37 heads, some a metre across, have survived since they were removed from the palace in 1777. They are now on view in the upper gallery of the palace.
The Stirling Heads were originally created sometime after 1530 and were placed in the King's Hall.
The remaining set, which depict historic figures and members of the royal court, became known as "Scotland's other crown jewels".
Exact copies of them have been reinstalled on the ceiling of the King's Inner Hall.
Stirling Castle is the grandest of Scotland's castles, and a superior visitor experience to the more well known Edinburgh Castle!
Music: Alison Kinnaird- Port Lennox, The Craigs of Ailsa/Staffa`s Stone from The Quiet Tradition.
some lovely works of art, I must visit when I'm up in a couple of weeks time.
Absolutely beautiful. I would love to stand inside forever and admire the lovely tapestries....and those gorgeous ceilings just take my breath away ! Thank you so much for sharing this video. ~pamela
@ghough12
The interior is stunning! (as you would expect after £12m redecoration!)