As the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland Armagh City has a long tradition as a major European heritage center and in even earlier times Armagh was the seat of the High Kings of Ulster. Famous for Saint Patrick who built his first stone church here and its twin Cathedrals the Christian Capital of Ireland is rich in cultural heritage graceful architecture and ancient legend. The City of Armagh is the capital of the county of Armagh, in the province of Ulster, and the ecclesiastical metropolis of Ireland. The surrounding country is highly cultivated, agreeably diversified with hill and dale and rich with rural scenery, pleasing, picturesque and varied.