Editing Inverness (section)

===Cityscape===

[[File:001 - inverness castle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Inverness Castle]]]]
[[File:Presbyterian Cathedral of St. Andrew.jpg|thumb|right|St. Andrew's Cathedral on the banks of the [[River Ness]]]]
Important buildings in Inverness include [[Inverness Castle]], and various churches. The castle was built in 1835 on the site of its medieval predecessor. Until 30 March 2020, it housed Inverness [[Sheriff Court]]: this has now been moved to the [[Inverness Justice Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/IJC|title=Inverness Justice Centre|website=www.scotcourts.gov.uk|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=24 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224021214/https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/IJC|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/see-inside-the-inverness-justice-centre-which-opened-today-195214/|title=See inside Scotland's first purpose-built justice centre which opened today in Inverness |author=Andrew Dixon|date=30 March 2020|newspaper=Inverness Courier|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>

[[Inverness Cathedral]], dedicated to [[St Andrew]], is a cathedral of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]] and seat of the [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinary]] of the [[Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness]]. The cathedral has a curiously square-topped look to its spires, as funds ran out before they could be completed.

The oldest church is the [[Old High St Stephen's, Inverness|Old High Church]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldhighststephens.com/location// |title=Old High Church information |date=6 July 2011 |publisher=oldhighststephens.com |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531232634/http://oldhighststephens.com/location/ |archive-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> on St Michael's Mount by the riverside, a site perhaps used for worship since Celtic times. The church tower dates from [[mediaeval]] times, making it the oldest surviving building in Inverness. It is used by the [[Church of Scotland]] congregation of [[Old High St Stephen's, Inverness]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oldhighststephens.com/ |title=Old High St Stephen's website |publisher=Oldhighststephens.com |access-date=14 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828172539/http://www.oldhighststephens.com/ |archive-date=28 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and it is the venue for the annual Kirking of the council, which is attended by local councillors.

There is no [[Catholic Church in Scotland|Catholic]] cathedral in the area as the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen|Diocesan]] cathedral ([[St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen|St Mary]]) is at [[Aberdeen]]. The Catholic population is served by two parish churches: [[St Mary's, Inverness]] founded in 1837, is the older of the two and the first Catholic parish founded and built in Inverness after nearly three hundred years of [[religious persecution]] was ended by [[Catholic Emancipation]] in 1829.<ref>[http://www.stmarysinverness.co.uk/parish.htm The Story of St. Mary's Catholic Church Inverness] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508045807/http://www.stmarysinverness.co.uk/parish.htm |date=8 May 2013 }} – St Mary's Inverness official website</ref> St Ninian's was built during the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saintninians.org.uk/Assets/Story.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514063440/http://www.saintninians.org.uk/Assets/Story.htm|url-status=dead|title=St Ninian's - Story|archivedate=14 May 2013}}</ref>

Porterfield [[Prison]], officially [[Inverness (HM Prison)|HMP Inverness]], serves the courts of the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney Isles and Moray, providing secure custody for all [[Detention of suspects|remand]] prisoners and short-term adult prisoners, both male and female, who are segregated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Prisons/Inverness/HMP-Inverness.aspx |title=Prisons: Inverness: HMP Inverness |publisher=[[Scottish Prison Service]] |access-date=27 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404093130/http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Prisons/Inverness/HMP-Inverness.aspx |archive-date=4 April 2016 |url-status=live }}Ordnance Survey grid reference: {{gbmappingsmall|NH668449}}</ref>