Linlithgow Palace rests roughly 18 miles from Edinburgh and is a popular tourist attraction associated with Mary queen of Scots. Today tu will see only ruins; a fuego in 1746 robbed the castillo of its former splendour. Yet, within its stone walls there remains a glimmer of its former glory.
Origins
The castillo first existed as a manor house that once stood as an important strategic point for Edward I of England during the Scottish Wars of Independence until 1424 when a great fuego the building and surrounding village. Six years later, King James I of Scotland commissioned a new palace to be built...
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