DISCOVER EDINBURGH: Attractions & Culture
Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since 1437 and is the seat of the Scottish Parliament. The city was one of the major centres of the enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, gaining the nickname 'Athens of the North'.
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Mary King's Close,
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Scottish Parliament,
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AREAS OF EDINBURGH
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is divided into areas that generally encompass a park (sometimes known as "links"), a main local street (i.e. street of local retail shops), a high street (the historic main street, not always the same as the main local street, such as in Corstorphine) and residential buildings …
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AREAS OF EDINBURGH:
Calton Hill,
Leith,
New Town of Edinburgh,
Old Town of Edinburgh,
Portobello Beach,
Princes Street,
The Royal Mile,
South Queensferry,
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CASTLES OF EDINBURGH
By the 12th century Edinburgh was well established, founded upon the famous castle rock, the volcanic crag and tail geological feature shaped by 2 million years of glacial activity. Flourishing alongside it to the east, another community developed around the Abbey of Holyrood, known as Canongate …
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EDINBURGH CASTLES:
Barnbougle Castle,
Craiglockhart Castle,
Craigmillar Castle,
Cramond Tower,
Dundas Castle,
Edinburgh Castle,
Edinburgh Town Walls,
Lauriston Castle,
Merchiston Castle,
Mons Meg,
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FESTIVALS OF EDINBURGH
Culturally, Edinburgh is best known for the Edinburgh Festival, although this is in fact a series of separate events, which run from the end of July until early September each year. The longest established festival is the Edinburgh International Festival, which first ran in 1947. Featuring international theatre companies and orchestras …
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EDINBURGH FESTIVALS:
Edinburgh Festival,
Edinburgh International Book Festival,
Festival Theatre,
Fringe Festival,
The Hub,
The Queen's Hall,
Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Royal Military Tattoo,
Westport Book Festival,
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MUSEUMS OF EDINBURGH
Edinburgh is home to a large number of museums and libraries, many of which are national institutions. These include the Museum of Scotland, the Royal Museum, the National Library of Scotland, National War Museum of Scotland, the Museum of Edinburgh, Museum of Childhood and the Royal Society of Edinburgh …
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EDINBURGH MUSEUMS:
Dean Gallery,
John Knox House,
Museum of Childhood,
Museum of Modern Art,
Museum of Scotland,
National Gallery,
National Library,
National Portrait Gallery,
Our Dynamic Earth,
Royal Museum,
Royal Scottish Academy,
Royal Society of Edinburgh,
Royal Observatory,
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SPORTS IN EDINBURGH
Edinburgh has two professional football clubs - Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian. They are known locally as Hearts and Hibs and both teams currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts play at Tynecastle Stadium in Gorgie, while Hibs play at Easter Road Stadium, which straddles Edinburgh and Leith …
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SPORTS IN EDINBURGH:
Easter Road Stadium,
Edinburgh Rugby,
Heart of Midlothian,
Hibernian F.C.,
Meadowbank Stadium,
Murrayfield Stadium,
Turnhouse Golf Club,
Tynecastle Stadium,
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HMY BRITANNIA
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of the British royal family, the 83rd such vessel since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. She is the second Royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the famous racing cutter built for The Prince of Wales in 1893. She is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship …
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HOLYROOD PALACE
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, more commonly known as Holyrood Palace, originally founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the 15th century. The Palace stands in Edinburgh at the bottom of the Royal Mile …
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MARY KING'S CLOSE
Mary King's Close is a network of subterranean tunnels and chambers running beneath the Old Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland. After being used as closes and later being closed to the public for many years, the complex has become shrouded in myths and urban legends. Tales of ghosts and murders …
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NATIONAL MONUMENT OF EDINBURGH
The National Monument in the city of Edinburgh is Scotland's memorial to those who died fighting for the United Kingdom in the Napoleonic Wars. The monument dominates the top of Calton Hill, just to the east of Edinburgh's New Town. It was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and is modelled upon the Parthenon in Athens …
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SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 …
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WAVERLEY STATION
Edinburgh Waverley railway station, commonly called Waverley, is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being London Waterloo …
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