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LION RAMPANT
| Description | : | Coat of arms on Falkland Palace, Scotland. James II and his queen, Mary of Guilderland, made major additions to the ancient stronghold between 1453 and 1463 (a plaque notes the site of original 12th century castle and well) and adopted it as a royal resident. Between 1500 and 1513, James IV enlarged the Great Hall in the North Range, extended the East Range and built a new chapel on the site of the present South Range. Between 1536 and 1541 his son, James V, employing Scottish and Continental masons, transformed the whole building into an elegant and sophisticated Renassiance palace. His daughter, Mary, Queen Of Scots, enjoyed riding, hawking and hunting around Falkland, as well as playing tennis at the Royal Tennis Court, built in 1539 and reputed to be the oldest surviving Royal Tennis Court of its kind in the world. A club still plays Royal (or Real) Tennis at the court. The Palace Gardens date from 1451. Part of palace was destroyed by Cromwell's troops in the 1650s.
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