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(3)Provand's Lordship supposedly housed Mary Queen of Scots for a night when she came by to visit Lord Darnley, her second husband, here. You can walk down to the St. Mungo Museum and Glasgow Cathedral easily from here. There are no entry charges to the home. Since it has spiral staircases be careful when climbing up and down! The rooms are well-furnished and take you back to the medieval era!
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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery is a treasure trove of artifacts and travelers can marvel at the plethora of exhibits. Art lovers will be delighted to see Rembrandt's "A Man in Armour." Van Gogh's painting "Alexander Reid" is also on display here! Make sure you check out the enormous Kelvingrove Organ, as well as the Spitfire LA198. This aircraft was built in 1944 and has a five-blade propeller. It also has a Rolls Royce Griffon 61 engine!
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum has some incredible installations and visitors will enjoy a stroll around the Egyptian section, which even has a mummy! You can easily walk down here from the Kelvinhall subway station in under 10 minutes!
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Legend has it that the Glasgow Cathedral is where the city was founded. The Cathedral has some amazing stained glass works of which the Millennium Window by John Clark and the 1958 Creation Window by Francis Spear are well known. It will take you a 15-minute walk to get to the Cathedral from St. George's Square.
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