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Ya está a punto de comenzar la fase de formación en Dunfermline, Escocia, con International Study Programmes (www.international-study-programmes.org.uk).

Veamos una pequeña introducción sobre el significado de Dunfermline y la historia de la ciudad:
 

 
“Dunfermline signifies in Gaelic, the fort by the crooked rivulet; the fort refers to the building called Malcolm Canmore’s tower that was placed on the peninsular mount in Pittencrieff glen.  Dun signifies either a hill or a fort, because the strongholds were generally built on eminences.  Fiar means crooked or winding, and loin or lyn, a pool and running water. In later times dun in Gaelic, and tun in Anglo-saxon, came to signify a dwelling, a steading, a village, a town. From this tower, Dunfermline, as a town, dates its origin, and derived its existence; hence the arms of the Town are a tower supported by two lions, with the motto, “Esto rupes inaccessa”; ‘be thou an inaccessible rock,’ alluding to the rocky precipice on which the tower was erected.
Dunfermline City and Royal Burgh is one of the hidden jewels among places of interest in Scotland. Its history goes back over a thousand years with the residence of the Kings of Scotland and the history of the Church.” ~ Royal Dunfermline

 http://visitdunfermline.com/culture-and-heritage/

 

Dunfermline is a large town in Fife and was once the capital of Scotland.

The 'auld grey toun' of Dunfermline is at the heart of Scotland's history and the royal and monastic past dominates the town. There are a wide number of historical venues such as the royal palace, a 12th century abbey (which is the final resting place of Robert the Bruce and the burial site of 11 other Scottish kings and queens), the restored 15th century Abbot House and the cave in which St Margaret bathed the feet of the poor.

King Malcolm Canmore established his court after the death of Macbeth at the now ruined fortified tower in the heart of Pittencrieff Park.  Dunfermline was the birthplace of James I in 1394, Charles I in 1600 and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1835. Carnegie's birthplace, a humble weaver's cottage, has been preserved and extended to include a museum of his life.

 www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/dunfermline-p239021

  http://visitdunfermline.com/culture-and-heritage/