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Dunfermline Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in , , . The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was confiscated and sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair.
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  • Opening hours:
    March 29th—September 30th: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:30 PM and Sunday 1:00 PM—4:00 PM
    Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
    December 25th—January 5th: closed
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Church of Scotland
  • Description: church in Fife, Scotland, UK
  • Address: St Catherine’s Wynd, Dunfermline, KY12 7PH
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Dunfermline City Chambers.

Library
The opened in , Scotland, on 29 August 1883 and was the world's first Carnegie Library funded by the Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. is situated 340 feet east of Dunfermline Abbey.

Government office
Photo: Delphine Dallison, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipal facility at the corner of Bridge Street and Kirkgate in , . The building, which serves as home to the local area committee of Fife Council, is a Category A listed building. is situated 380 feet north of Dunfermline Abbey.

Museum
The is a biographical museum in , , , dedicated to the life of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, "one of the great Scots of the 19th century.". is situated 860 feet southeast of Dunfermline Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunfermline and Wellwood.

Photo: Kilnburn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , 3 miles north of the Firth of Forth in central Scotland. The city was a royal residence, ecclesiastical centre and effective capital of Scotland from the 11th century, and many monarchs are buried at its abbey.

Village
is a small village to the north of , , Scotland. It was named after the Wellwoods who used to own coalmines in the area. It has a leisure centre and a golf course.

Village
Photo: Euchiasmus, Public domain.
is a small village located in West , . Its population was 2,358 in 2011. It is 1 mile west of the city , east of , astride the A994.

Dunfermline Abbey

Latitude
56.06991° or 56° 4′ 12″ north
Longitude
-3.46356° or 3° 27′ 49″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Operator
Church of Scotland
Open location code
9C8R3G9P+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 122229504
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­church_of_scotland
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12095329
Wiki­data ID
Q2044924
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Dunfermline Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դանֆերմլայն վանք”
  • Basque: “Dunfermlineko abadia”
  • Belarusian: “Данфермлінскае абацтва”
  • Catalan: “abadia de Dunfermline”
  • Chinese: “鄧弗姆林修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Dunfermline”
  • Dutch: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • French: “abbaye de Dunfermline”
  • French: “Abbaye de Dunfermline”
  • French: “Abbé de Dunfermline”
  • Galician: “Abadía de Dunfermline”
  • German: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Greek: “αββαείο του Ντανφέρμλιν”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר דנפרמליין”
  • Irish: “Abaid Dhùn Phàrlain”
  • Irish: “Mainistir Dhùn Phàrlain”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Dunfermline”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Dunfermline”
  • Italian: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Japanese: “ダンファームリン・アビー”
  • Japanese: “ダンファームリン・アベイ”
  • Japanese: “ダンファームリン修道院”
  • Japanese: “ダンファーリン寺院”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Norwegian: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Persian: “دیر دانفرملین”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Dunfermline”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Dunfermline”
  • Russian: “Данфермлайнское аббатство”
  • Russian: “Данфермлинское аббатство”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Abaid Dhùn Phàrlain”
  • Serbian: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Dunfermline”
  • Slovenian: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Slovenian: “opatija Dunfermline”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Dunfermline”
  • Swedish: “Dunfermline Abbey”
  • Ukrainian: “Данфермлінське абатство”
  • Welsh: “Abaty Dunfermline”

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