Stirling (gbr)

Stirling

Stirling ranks 1,822nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Laurel, Mississippi, Huddinge Municipality, and Požarevac. Memorable people born in Stirling include Norman McLaren, Billy Bremner, and Chris Sawyer. Memorable people who died in Stirling include William the Lion, and Alexander I of Scotland. Stirling has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians. Stirling is located in United Kingdom.

Stirling is a city in central Scotland, 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Glasgow and 37 miles (60 km) north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the Old Bridge and the port. Located on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town and historic county of Stirlingshire. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth made it a focal point for travel north or south. It has been said that "Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together". The city's status as "Gateway to the Highlands" also historically lent it great strategic importance—the credo "he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland" is sometimes attributed to Robert the Bruce. Read more on Wikipedia