2012年6月25日月曜日

Propagation of Christianity

Masato Yamaguchi

Saint Ninian brought Scotland Christianity first. He made the base the Firth of Forth area along the shore, and performed propagation activities in a southern part and eastern part Scotland.
Gail people spread Christianity in PICT people, and Columba built the Iona monastery on the Iona island in Scotland. This picture is the Iona monastery.The Iona monastery is the highest status at the Celt church in medieval times.


James Ⅶ

Masato Yamaguchi

He is James Ⅶ. He is not only a Scotland king, but also he is an England king. He lost support of the England rule layer who opposed his religion policy.


This picture is the Glorious Revolution. The Glorious Revolution happened by confrontation of James Ⅶ and Parliament.

2012年6月24日日曜日

Scotland's University2

                                                                                     Yuki Mori
University of Glasgow is a one of universitys in Scotland.
It is one of the English area's oldest universities which has 500 years or more of history.
This is the elite university belonging to the Anshan University on a par with Oxford University and Cambridge University.
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This is the National Universities of Scotland..
This university was established in 1451.
There are six Nobel prize winners of this university graduate.
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Scotland’s University1

This is University of St Andrews.ファイル:St Andrews University Classics Building.jpg               Yuki Mori
This is a university which is East Coast Saint Andrews in Scotland.
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This university was found at 1413.
This is the National Universities.
 It is the first university in Scotland. Five Nobel prize winners is produced from this school.
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Loch Ness

Ikumi Yonezawa


It places Highlands, and it is the biggest freshwater lake in Scotland.



There is Urquhart Castle at Loch Ness's shorefront.
This castle was built in the thirteenth century, but gradually it was broken by many battles and forage.
Finally, it came down completely in the late seventeenth century.




Moreover, it is said to live Nessie in the lake.
Nessie is Loch Ness Monster and thre are many report of sightings.
But the real identity has not worked out, so its mystery is not dissolved.

Isle of Skye

Ikumi Yonezawa

Isle of Skye is the second biggest island in Scotland.




It has maountainous topography involved The Cuillin, and you can see the traditional culuture.

People who live in Isle of Skye speak Gaelic.
Moreover, most of people belong to Free Church of Scotland.



An above picture is Old Man of Storr.
This stone is known for landscape of strange stone.


And this island is famous for the song, "The Skye Boat Song".
Let's click and listen to the song!





2012年6月22日金曜日

Other cities

Inverness

Shuji yoshida
Inverness is called "a capital of high orchids".




There are  Inverness castle and  a large number of churches including the St. Andrew sanctuary in this city. A fort was established by Oliver Cromwell in the Puritan Revolution  and the city became the stage of the revolt of the Jacobite of 1715.


Dundee

Dundee is the Scottish fourth city.





The tourist attraction, including various museums, an art museum and interesting buildings, is a lot. In the Discovery point tourist information center, a search ship of the Royal Institution which Captain Robert Scot uses for explores the South Pole in 1901 is displayed.



Perth

Perth was a Scottish King nation's capital from the 13th century to the 15th century.



There are many art objects in this city and you can enjoy while you walk on the streets.





There are a lot of cities and towns. All of those is wonderful.