Bishop's Palace
Orkney Islands, GB
The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic Church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaro
s (Trondheim). The ruined structure now looks like a small castle.
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- St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall chiese · 0.2 km away
- Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall town_hall · 0.3 km away
- Kirkwall Castle castle · 0.3 km away
- Orkney Library and Archive library · 0.5 km away
- Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn archeo · 4 km away
- Helliar Holm island · 6 km away
- Balfour Castle castle · 6 km away