Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Information panels in the kirk explain how James Smith, the kirk?s architect, spent time in Rome and brought a knowledge of classical architecture to his work in Scotland; and how key Enlightenment figures associated with the kirk, such as Adam Smith, had international connections and global influence. We will provide tours of the kirk and kirkyard focussing on the global connections of some of those buried here. <p> OpeningTime1 10:30 - 16:30 ArchitectName James Smith OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 OpeningDate2 29/9/2019 OpeningTime2 13:30 - 16:30 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9182 Refreshments No Street The street address Canongate Postcode EH8 8BN Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Canongate Kirk & Kirkyard Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1531 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95178,-3.179512; Description An account of the resource <p>Canongate Kirk, The Kirk of Holyroodhouse and Edinburgh Castle, was founded in 1688. The architecturally unique design is by James Smith, with aisles and a cruciform plan. The finely built ashlar fa?ade is in a Dutch architectural style and the luminous, columned baroque interior was wonderfully restored by Stewart Tod & Partners in 1947. Various notable memorials in the kirkyard include the graves of Adam Smith and Robert Fergusson. <p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1691