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view from the same position northwestward towards the island of "Iona" - you can see "Iona Village" with the "Iona Abbey" in the background - excerpt from Wikipedia: Iona was the spiritual center of Scotland for centuries. In 563, "Columban" came from Ireland to "Iona" with twelve men and founded the monastery "Iona Abbey" there. From "Iona" Christianity spread to Scotland and northern England in the form of the so-called Celtic Church. The "Book of Kells", one of the most valuable works of Insular illumination, was probably written on "Iona" in the 7th or 8th century. "Iona" was the spiritual center of the Celtic Church. - Iona was considered a “holy place” for several centuries. Scots-Irish and Norwegian kings are said to be buried in the "Reilig Odhráin" cemetery. “Iona” was the burial place of the kings of “Dalriada” and their successors, the early kings of Scotland. |
