The Abbey of Scone is located near Perth in Scotland. It was founded by monks of the Augustinians in the early twelfth century, according to different sources, between 1114 and 1122 for years.

In the reign of king Malcolm IV the value of the Abbey is increasing. It acquires the status of a Royal. Here is the coronation stone of Scottish kings (the stone of Scone), it becomes one of the main Royal residences. There are also relics of St. Fergus, which attracts to the Abbey many pilgrims. The few surviving images and archaeological data suggest that the Abbey was built in the Romanesque style, with a Central tower topped with a tall spire.

Over time, however, the Abbey lost its importance, especially after the English king Edward I took the Stone of Destiny in England, in Westminster Abbey. After the Scottish reformation the Abbey in Scotland generally abolished. Scone Abbey was destroyed in 1559, and his lands then passed into private ownership. On the ruins of the Abbey in the sixteenth century the Palace was built, which in 1808 was almost completely rebuilt and is now a magnificent example of Georgian style architecture.

Now, the Palace and the Palace gardens are open to the public. In the state rooms of the Palace are exhibited fine collections of furniture, ceramics, ivory carving, Dresden and Sevres porcelain. On the hill the Park has a copy of the stone of Scone.

There are many legends about the origin of the stone of Scone. In some it is described as "Jacob's pillow" - asleep on the stone that Jacob saw in a dream a ladder to heaven. There is a tradition that this stone was brought to Ireland by the Egyptian Princess Livestock. The most reliable it is believed that Fergus, the first king of Scotland who brought the stone and maybe the throne, from Ireland to Scotland. On this stone were crowned all the kings of Scotland until 1296, the English king Edward I took the stone to London and not put in the base of the wooden throne. The throne was in Westminster Abbey, and from then on it was crowned all the kings of England and the UK. However, there is a legend that the monks drowned the real Stone of Destiny in the river Tay, and Edward was taken to England just a copy of. And although the conditions of Northampton of 1328 Treaty, the Stone of Destiny was returned to Scotland, he returned there was only many centuries later. In St. Andrew's day, 30 November 1996 the stone was solemnly brought to Scotland and placed in Edinburgh castle along with the coronation jewels of Scotland. The Queen's representative in this celebration were her son Prince Andrew.