Scotland Martin Čížek

Symbols of Scotland National flag – St. Andrews cross By the legend – white cross on the sky before a battle, which Scots won

„Lion Rampant“ - flag used by the King of Scots Today used on army uniforms

Basic facts Part of the United Kingdom situated on the north of UK Scotland includes also about 790 islands Capital city - Edinburgh - second largest after Glasgow 5,1 milion habitants (88% Scottish) Scotland is a constitutional monarchy

Official languages - English, Scottish and Scottish Gaelic Scotland is divided into 32 unitary authorities Highest mountain is Ben Nevis which is in Highlands

History First people came to the north of England 8000 years ago Inhabited by Celts, Normans, Vikings and English Fights between English people and Scots W.Wallace, Robert Bruce, who forced English King Edward III. to sign Scottish independence in 1328 by the declaration of Northhampton

After death of Robert Bruce - the Cabinet of Stuarts with kings James I.-III. 1801 - Scottish became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 20th century big increase of the nacionalism 1999 - Scotland has its own parliament

Economy long tradition of industry in history shipbuilding, manufactures for steel, coal-mining, logging between World Wars industry production had decreased a lot and after them industry was in a big failure after detection of oil in North Sea mining industry had increased a lot

4 international airports - Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Prestwick Scotland has its individual railway tracks not dependent on the United Kingdom Economical and financial centers - Glasgow, Edinburgh Biggest fishing harbors – Peterhead, Fraseburgh

Culture Bagpipers - bagpipe is not Scottish invention Traditional kilt made of tartan In history tartan was used for dresses of soldiers, warrior clans but also used as an ordinal dress In 1746 tartan was banned as a part of Gaelic culture

traditional sports - football, rugby, golf, car racing, tennis, athletics in football, there is a big rivality between Celtic Glasgow and Glasgow Rangers one of the best rugby teams in the world best golf courses in the world

Interesting facts The oldest stone constructions and monuments are in Scotland Robinson Crusoe was from Scotland Biggest and also smallest theatre in Britain are both in Scotland biggest – Edinburgh – 3000 spectators smallest – Dervaig – 43 spectators

Gallery and museum of art Kelvingrove in Glasgow Interesting places Gallery and museum of art Kelvingrove in Glasgow

Glasgow Tower

Edinburgh castle

Ring of Brodgar Megalitic henge from Neolithic. Complex of 54 menhires formed in a circle. About 4300-year-old. Part of Unesco World Heritage. It is situated on Mainland island in Orkney.

Resources: http://www.rampantscotland.com/visit/blvisitglwtower.htm http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henge http://www.rampantscotland.com/symbols/blsymbols_index.htm http://www.scottishtours.co.uk/index.asp?id=34 http://www.visitscotland.com/guide/scotland-factfile/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Brodgar http://skotsko.schrapnel.cz/objevovani/profil/53-zajimavosti http://www.heritage-of-scotland.com/hist.htm http://www.britannia.com/celtic/scotland/history_scotland.html

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