Editing Fife (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Falkland Palace.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Falkland Palace]]]]
[[File:17thC Scottish Lowland farm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Scottish Lowlands]] farm. Detail from Slezer's Prospect of Dunfermline, 1693]]
[[File:The Lomond Hills seen from Auchtermuchty, Howe of Fife.JPG|thumb|250px|A closer view of the [[Lomond Hills]], seen from [[Auchtermuchty]]]]

Fife contains 4,961 [[listed buildings]] and 48 [[conservation area]]s.<ref name="Fife's listed buildings">{{cite web |url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage/historicandlistedbuildings/listedbuildingsresults.htm?p_out=xml&p_all=Fife&p_couname=Fife&p_parbur=0 |title=Fife's listed buildings |publisher=Historic Scotland |access-date=25 August 2009}}</ref> Domestic sites of importance include [[Falkland Palace]], [[Kellie Castle]], [[Dunfermline Palace]], [[St Andrews Castle]], [[Culross Palace]] and Kirkcaldy's [[Ravenscraig Castle]]. Fife also has a number of [[church (building)|ecclesiastical sites]] of historical interest. [[St Andrew's Cathedral, St Andrews|St Andrews Cathedral]] was home to the powerful [[Archbishop of St Andrews|Archbishopric of St Andrews]], and later became a centre of the [[Scottish Reformation]], while [[Dunfermline Abbey]] was the last resting place of a number of Scottish kings. [[Balmerino Abbey|Balmerino]] and [[Culross Abbey|Culross]] abbeys were both founded in the 13th century by the [[Cistercians]], while a century before [[Lindores Abbey]] was founded by the [[Tironensians]] outside [[Newburgh, Fife|Newburgh]]; all were highly important sites.

The [[Stanza Poetry Festival]], [[East Neuk Festival]], and Pittenweem Arts Festival are events of national cultural importance. Smaller festivals like the [[Cupar Arts Festival]] and Largo Arts Week also take place. The [[Byre Theatre]] in St Andrews and Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy are both highly regarded as touring venues, the latter also being the base of the [[grand opera]] [[opera company|company]] [[Fife Opera]]. The Byre has re-opened in Autumn, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/byre-theatre-to-reopen-after-university-of-st-andrews-agree-rescue-package.1408445352|title=Byre Theatre to reopen after University of St Andrews agree rescue package|work=Herald Scotland|date=19 August 2014 }}</ref> following its going into [[Administration (law)|administration]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21211928|title=Byre Theatre in St Andrews board 'deeply regrets' closure|date=26 January 2013|access-date=21 October 2013|work=BBC News}}</ref> The Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline and Rothes Halls in Glenrothes are also popular venues for touring musicians, theatre companies, comedians and local musical theatre groups to perform.

Dunfermline Children's Gala is an annual event, held in June and is the largest gala in Fife.{{fact|date=April 2025}} Primary school pupils parade through the centre of the city to Pittencrieff Park. It began in 1902 and is now organised by a charity and funded entirely by donations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dunfermlinegala.com/history-of-the-gala/|title=History of the Gala – Dunfermline Children's Gala}}</ref>