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Earl's Palace, Kirkwall

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    Location: Kirkwall And St Ola, Orkney islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    July 11, 2019

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    The former glory can still be guessed well: The Earl's Palace in Kirkwall on Orkney is beauty and at the same time a lesson about abuse of power, decadence and 

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    The unloved builder of the palace was Earl Patrick Stewart, a greedy and violent ruler of the Orkney and Shetland Islands, who ruled from 1592. He was called "Black Patie" 

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    May 18, 2022

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    The Earl's Palace is a fine example of French Renaissance architecture in Scotland
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