Dunfermline Abbey
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Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair. Part of the old abbey church continued in use at that time and some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain.
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Dunfermline Abbey | |
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56°04′12″N 3°27′49″W | |
Location | Dunfermline, Fife |
Country | Scotland |
Denomination | Church of Scotland |
Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | 1128 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish Church |
Architect(s) | William Burn |
Style | Romanesque[1] |
Completed | 1250 |
Clergy | |
Minister(s) | MaryAnn R. Rennie |
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