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The tallest buildings in the city are churches and suburban tower blocks. The administrative area of Edinburgh includes the three bridges across the Firth of Forth to the north-east of the city (the Queensferry Crossing , Forth Road Bridge and Forth Bridge ), which are all taller than any building in the city itself.
[2] [3] The steps were built in a French style as a spiral staircase within an enclosed octagonal tower; the tower was decorated with wrought iron grilles and glazed tiles in the interior. [ 4 ] Historically considered a road, [ 5 ] the 104 steps form a pedestrian link between the North Bridge and Waverley Station 's Market Street entrance. [ 6 ]
Trunk's Close, with the 1529 'back-land' of Moubray House on the left, with its corbelled projections for stairs. Moubray House lies on the north side of the High Street, between Trunk's or Turing's Close and the John Knox House, near the site of Edinburgh's Netherbow Port, the main gate into Edinburgh before its demolition in 1764.
[3] At the end of the 19th century, the Society of Antiquaries relocated its museum to new premises on Queen Street (the building that now houses the Scottish National Portrait Gallery), while the Royal Society moved to 22-24 George Street, and in 1907, the Royal Institution moved to the new Edinburgh College of Art. [3]
44 And 46 The Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh Centre For Sport And Exercise (Former Brewery And Offices) 55°56′53″N 3°10′53″W / 55.948171°N 3.181405°W / 55.948171; -3.181405 ( 44 And 46 The Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh Centre For Sport And Exercise (Former Brewery And
Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th-century tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland , and is operated as a popular tourist attraction.
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