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Kirkcaldy / Regno Unito

Kirkcaldy è attualmente la più grande città della regione di Fife, Scozia. Conosciuta come The Lang Toun ha una popolazione di 46.912 persone secondo lo Scotland's Census Results Online. Si trova sulla costa nord del Firth of Forth, e ha incorporato i precedenti borghi di Dysart, Linktown e Pathhead e i villaggi di Sinclairtown e Gallatown. Il nome The Lang Toun deriva dalla vicinanza di questi borghi e villaggi allineati lungo le coste del fiume Forth. Kirkcaldy era conosciuta per la produzione di linoleum, lino e per l'annuale fiera di Links Market - la fiera sulla strada più lunga d'Europa, che ha celebrato il suo 700º anniversario nel 2004. La città ha uno dei più estesi lungomari d'Europa, affacciato sul Firth of Forth. Nel XVII secolo vi si trovava uno dei primi consolati della Lettonia. È la città natale del filosofo ed economista Adam Smith . La squadra di calcio che rappresenta la città sono i Raith Rovers F.C.

Kirkcaldy Galleries

Kirkcaldy / Regno Unito

Kirkcaldy Galleries is the main museum, library and exhibition space in Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. The land for the town's museum and art gallery was donated by John Nairn on the former site of Balsusney House, the home of John Maxton. This was opened in 1925, with the first chairman of trustees local cloth-manufacturer businessman John Blyth, the maternal grandfather of politician Michael Portillo. The art gallery holds the largest collection of paintings by William McTaggart and Scottish Colourist Samuel Peploe aside from the National Galleries of Scotland. The museum contains many significant works by the Glasgow Boys. Situated on the ground floor, is the museum's award-winning permanent exhibition covering the town's industrial heritage. The museum also has a cafe which displays examples of Wemyss Ware pottery, made in the town from around the 1890s to 1930s.In 2012 Fife Council undertook a £2.5m refurbishment of the building, which reopened in June 2013. It now contains a museum, library, children's library, PC suite, cafe, gift shop, meeting rooms, museum, local family and history rooms and gallery spaces. The Galleries opening was attended by local author Val McDermid, Wolf from Gladiators, MP and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and artist Jack Vettriano. In 2015, Kirkcaldy Galleries became the first institution in Fife to display work by American photographer Diane Arbus.