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2. Scottish Parliament Building - Wikipedia

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   The Scottish Parliament Building with Calton Hill in the background. Comprising an area of 1.6 ha (4 acres), with a perimeter of 480 m (1570 ft), [14] the Scottish Parliament Building is located 1 km (0.6 mi) east of Edinburgh city centre on the edge of the Old Town. [15]

3. 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.

4. Scottish Parliament - Wikipedia

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   The Scottish Parliament building was designed by Spanish architect Enric Miralles in partnership with local Edinburgh Architecture firm RMJM which was led by Design Principal Tony Kettle. Some of the principal features of the complex include leaf-shaped buildings, a grass-roofed branch merging into adjacent parkland and gabion walls formed from ...

5. Holyrood, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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   The modern Scottish Parliament Building. [3] For this reason "Holyrood" is often used in contemporary media as a metonym for the Scottish Government. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The ruins of Holyrood Abbey; Holyrood Park, an expansive royal park to the south and east of the palace.

6. Parliament Square, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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   Parliament House not only housed the pre-union Parliament of Scotland but also the Court of Session (the supreme civil court in Scotland). This made the square a centre for the meeting of politicians and lawyers before they entered the building, from the time of its creation until the dissolution of the Scottish parliament with the Act of Union ...

7. General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Between 1999 and 2004 the Assembly Hall was the temporary debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament. The access to this facility was via a new glazed porch, discreetly placed in the SW corner of Mylne's Court off the Lawnmarket in the midst of some of the University of Edinburgh's Halls of Residence. All traces of this porch were eradicated ...