St Andrews (Écosse)

St Andrews, aussi appelé Saint Andrews, est une ville écossaise située sur la côte de la mer du Nord entre Édimbourg et Dundee et compte une population d’environ 15 000 habitants. Nommée d’après l'apôtre saint André, le bourgh royal de St Andrews (en gaélique écossais : Cill Rìmhinn) est une ville sur la côte est de Fife, ancienne capitale religieuse d'Écosse. De nombreux monuments, des plages de sable et surtout des parcours du golf font de la ville un centre touristique. Elle abrite également l'université de St Andrews.

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St Nicholas Hospital, St Andrews

St Nicholas Hospital was a medieval hospital in St Andrews, Fife. It was located around what is today St Nicholas farmhouse at the Steading, between Albany Park and the East Sands Leisure Centre. Of unknown origin, the establishment served as a hospice for lepers outside the town between the beach at East Sands and the old coastal route. Parts of the hospital complex have been excavated in the 20th century, with rumours of a graveyard.

St Andrews Lifeboat Station

St Andrews Lifeboat Station was located at Woodburn Place, in the town of St Andrews, approximately 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Dundee, on the east coast of the Fife peninsula. A lifeboat was first placed at St Andrews in 1802. Management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1860. An Independent lifeboat station was established at Boarhills in 1865, operating until 1891. St Andrews Lifeboat Station was closed in 1938.

Kinness Burn

The Kinness Burn is a 5+3⁄4 miles (9.5 kilometres) long burn (stream) in Fife, Scotland. It flows into the North Sea through the inner harbour of St Andrews on the east coast of Fife. The name of the village of Strathkinness, located 3 miles west of St Andrews, means the valley (strath) of the Kinness. The source of the burn is on a low Clatto hill to the west of Strathkinness, near the village of Blebocraigs. The St Andrews Botanic Garden is located on the banks of the Kinness Burn. The Fife Pilgrim Way follows the Kinness Burn for about a mile within St Andrews, where it joins the Lade Braes Walk.

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St Andrews Cathedral Priory

St Andrews Cathedral Priory was a priory of Augustinian canons in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was one of the great religious houses in Scotland, and instrumental in the founding of the University of St Andrews.

St Andrews Sarcophagus

The Saint Andrews Sarcophagus is a Pictish monument dating from the second half of the 8th century. The sarcophagus was recovered beginning in 1833 during excavations by St Andrew's Cathedral in Scotland, and in 1922 the surviving components were reunited. The sarcophagus is on display at the Cathedral museum in St Andrews, close to the site of its discovery.