Dunfermline Attractions
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Dunfermline, about 25mi/40km north of Edinburgh on the Fife peninsula, is famous as the historic capital of the Scottish kingdom. In later years it derived its prosperity from coal mining and also as a world center for trade in damask linen. Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has helped to enrich his home town by the donation of several social and cultural facilities.
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Abbey
The history of the abbey is explained at the Dunfermline Heritage Centre in the Abbot's House of the old monastery. The abbey is known to contain the remains of Robert the Bruce below the pulpit.
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Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
The 1835 cottage where Andrew Carnegie was born is now a museum, providing information on his life.
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