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  2. Parliament House, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. St Giles' Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    St Giles' Cathedral (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries ...

  4. Old Town, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    Map of the city centre, showing the Old Town (dark brown), New Town (mid brown), and the West End (orange), with the World Heritage Site indicated by the red line Cockburn Street in Edinburgh. The Old Town (Scots: Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh.

  5. Mercat Cross, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The Mercat Cross of Edinburghis a market cross, which stands in Parliament Squarenext to St Giles' Cathedral, facing the High Streetin the Old Townof Edinburgh. [1][2] Description and history. [edit] The location of the Cross between 1617 and 1756. The current mercat crossis of Victorianorigin, but was built close to the site occupied by the ...

  6. Royal Mile - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Mile contains a variety of shops, restaurants, public houses, and visitor attractions. During the annual Edinburgh Fringe, the High Street becomes crowded with tourists, entertainers, and buskers. Parliament Square is at the heart of Scotland's legal system, being the home of both the High Court of Justiciary and the Court of Session. [5]

  7. Kirkliston - Wikipedia

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    55°57′22″N3°24′11″W / 55.956°N 3.403°W. Kirkliston is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, historically within the county of West Lothian but now within the City of Edinburgh council area limits. It lies on high ground immediately north of a northward loop of the Almond, on the old road between Edinburgh ...

  8. List of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Old Town, shown in dark brown This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. Boundaries The Old Town is defined here as the area around ...

  9. Holyrood, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    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: