Garden
Kibble Palace
Domed Victorian glasshouse of tree ferns and marble statues, once a hall for sermons and speeches.
0:00≈ 2 min
Location
0:00≈ 2 min
About this audio guide
This guide to the Kibble Palace in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens stops at one marble figure, King Robert of Sicily, carved by George Henry Paulin and bought in nineteen twenty-seven. It follows the legend Longfellow retold, of a proud king at evening prayers on Saint John's Eve and the Latin line a clerk translates for him. Along the way it touches on the evangelist who once preached to thousands under this glass. Stand beside the plinth, close enough to spot the small companion at the king's side.
This audio guide was created using AI.