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The Scottish Parliament Building (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; [3] Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. [4] Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) held their first ...
The public entrance of the Scottish Parliament building, opened in October 2004. An election was held on 6 May 1999, and on 1 July of that year power was transferred from Westminster to the new reconvened Parliament. [27] While the permanent building at Holyrood was being constructed, a temporary home for the Parliament was found in Edinburgh. [28]
LB27699. Parliament House (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh na Pàrlamaid), located in the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a complex of several buildings housing the Supreme Courts of Scotland. The oldest part of the complex was home to the Parliament of Scotland from 1639 to 1707, and is the world's first purpose-built parliament building.
The Old Royal High School as seen from Regent Road. The Old Royal High School, also known as New Parliament House, is a 19th-century neoclassical building on Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh. The building was constructed for the use of the city's Royal High School, and gained its alternative name as a result of a proposal in the 1970s for ...
The Queen addressing the Scottish Parliament in the General Assembly Hall (3 June 2003). The Scottish Constitutional Convention met in the Assembly Hall on 30 March 1989, at which A Claim of Right for Scotland, a call for the creation of a Scottish Parliament, was signed by 58 out of 72 Scottish Members of Parliament.
Parliament Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, is located off the High Street, part of the Royal Mile. [1] The square is not a formal square, but consists of two sections surrounding St Giles Kirk on three sides: an L-shaped area to the east and south and another area on the west side of the church called West Parliament Square. The Edinburgh Mercat ...
Holyrood (/ ˈhɒliruːd /; Scots: Halyruid, [1] Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Ròid[2]) is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude (Scots for 'Holy Cross'). Holyrood includes the following sites:
St Andrew's House. St Andrew's House (SAH) (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Naoimh Anndra), on the southern flank of Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, is the headquarters building of the Scottish Government. [1] The building houses offices for the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, as well as the Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government.