Perth, capitale de l’Écosse jusqu’au milieu du 15e siècle, s’étend sur la rive droite de la Tay, entre deux espaces appelés «Inches».
Bis in die Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts war Perth die Hauptstadt Schottlands, herrlich gelegen am rechten Flußufer des Tay. Der ursprüngliche Name der Stadt war St Johnstoun.
Tay Coast and Perth
Perth Bridges
The Fair City of Perth, the capital of Scotland until the middle of the fifteenth century, has had a long and eventful history, from the foundation of the earliest monasteries until the Jacobite risings in the eighteenth century. The town has a fine situation on the right bank of the Tay between two open spaces called “Inches”.
The former name of Perth was St Johnstoun, recalling that the Church of St John played a prominent role in the fortunes of the city. Forty alters were once to be found in this old church, where in 1559 John Knox preached the sermon which incited his followers “to purge the churches of idolatry”.