The Old Town (Scots: Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of...
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facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geological depression of the former Nor Loch. Together with the West End, the New Town was designated...
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There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century. Some form of wall probably existed from the foundation of the royal...
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18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage...
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City and Old Town remnants of Beijing Mountain Resort temple town in Chengde Old Town of Dengfeng Old Town of Kaiping Old Town of Lijiang Old Town and Potala...
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Old College is a late 18th-century to early 19th-century building of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on South Bridge, and presently...
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Royal Mile (redirect from Castlehill, Edinburgh)
thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M. Gilbert's Edinburgh in the Nineteenth...
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be regarded as more than a simple crossing from Old Town to Southside. It was, in fact, Edinburgh's first purpose-built shopping street, and as such...
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The Old Tolbooth was an important municipal building in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland for more than 400 years. The medieval structure, which was located...
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Old Saint Paul's is an historic church of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town in Scotland. It is one of the original congregations...
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Cowgate (redirect from Edinburgh Cowgate fire)
city's World Heritage Site. The street is part of the lower level of Edinburgh's Old Town, which lies below the elevated streets of South Bridge and George...
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the city of Edinburgh, which include many buildings of historical and architectural significance, such as those in the Old Town. Edinburgh is the eighth-largest...
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Princes Street (redirect from Princes Street, Edinburgh)
looks over Princes Street Gardens allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, as well as the valley between. Most of the street is limited...
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Cockburn Street is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, created as a serpentine link from the High Street to Waverley Station in 1856. Originally named Lord...
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King Francis II of France the previous winter. On 2 September the town of Edinburgh organised a celebration of royal entry for her. Tailors and "boys"...
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National Museum of Scotland (redirect from Royal Museum, Edinburgh)
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum...
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Greyfriars Bobby (redirect from John Gray (Old Jock))
Greyfriars Kirkyard, the kirkyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Bobby then became known locally, spending the rest of his life...
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Greyfriars Kirk (redirect from Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh)
the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is surrounded by Greyfriars Kirkyard. Greyfriars traces its origin to the south-west parish of Edinburgh, founded...
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Nor Loch (category Old Town, Edinburgh)
of the Old Town of Edinburgh. In 1460 King James III ordered the hollow to be flooded in order to complete the defences of the town and Edinburgh Castle...
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Craigentinny. Although historically it was a town in its own right, it is officially a residential suburb of Edinburgh. The promenade fronts onto a wide sandy...
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Grassmarket (category Old Town, Edinburgh)
Grassmarket is a historic market place, street and event space in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In relation to the rest of the city it lies in a hollow...
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chambers, a court house and a jail. The Old Tolbooth of Edinburgh was unique in that it housed both the Edinburgh Town Council and the Scottish Parliament...
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Greyfriars Kirkyard (category Old Town, Edinburgh)
graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials...
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Burke and Hare murders (category Old Town, Edinburgh)
eventually settled in his home town of Edinburgh in 1820. In 1825 he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, where he lectured on anatomy...
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of Scotland. The area known as the New Town was added from the second half of the 18th century onwards. Edinburgh was Scotland's largest city until Glasgow...
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The Dome is a building on George Street in New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. It currently functions as a bar, restaurant and nightclub...
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Dumbiedykes and in patches of Edinburgh's Old Town, although overall the constituency is very affluent. In the 2007 City of Edinburgh local council election...
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buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. The Old Town is defined here...
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designed by Pugin. Old Town, Edinburgh Churches and Graveyards in Edinburgh, Introducing Edinburgh. "History". The Hub Edinburgh. Archived from the original...
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