Rothesay (Scotland)
See also: Rothesay
The town of Rothesay is the main city of the Isle de Bute, in the Council area of Argyll and Bute, in Scotland. The city is the site of a medieval castle surrounded by ditches. Rothesay is accessible by cross bar starting from Wemyss Bay, which is connected by train to Glasgow.
The city was for a long time a destination of holidays of the inhabitants of Glasgow. Are quay out of wooden was stocked much more than today. The city had even a electric Tramway crossing the island towards one of its greater beaches. The service was stopped in the middle of the years 1930.
Rothesay is the birthplace of Lena Zavaroni, a notorious child high-speed motorboat.
The heir to the British crown is called Duc to Rothesay in Scotland. But, contrary to its equivalent English of Duke of Cornouailles, it has there no Duché attached for this reason. The principal landowner of the island is the Marquise of Butts.
The city has a football club (soccer) senior amateur, the Rothesay Brandane F.C belonging to the league Ligue Calédonienne of football amateur.
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