8/13/2023 0 Comments Royal mile edinburgh![]() ![]() Legend has it that King David I, son of Malcolm Canmore and St Margaret, was hunting one day in 1128. History and Geology interactive info-tainment for children and adultsĪpr-Oct 10.00 to 6.00,daily, Nov-Mar 10.00 to 5.00, Wed-Sat.įrom an Inn on this site stagecoaches used to leave for London. Late 17th C house once belonging to Adam Smith, the famous theoretician of political economy.ĭesigned by Catalan architect Enrico Miralles, opened in 2005 Restored 16th C, and now contains a museum of local history, and also relics relating to Field Marshal Earl Haig. Historical toys, books, dolls, and much frequented by children.ĭaniel Defoe's office, and thought to be the oldest surviving dwelling in the town, but unfortunately not open to the public Surving remnant of the Collegiate Church founded in 1460 and now housing a collection of replicas of ancient Pictish Crosses and medieval brasswork from which you can take impressions on paper. ![]() Contact the Tourist Information Centre for details Traditionally from whence declarations were made to the townspeopleĭesigned by John Adam, brother of RobertĬlosed after the plague of 1645, this building is sometimes open during the Festival (!). ![]() Built for the Scottish Parliament and used until the Act of Union in 1707.Ī heart set into the street cobble stones and marking the site of an ancient tollbooth. Later additions to the late medieval tower and "Burgh Kirk".įrom here John Knox preached and directed the Scottish reformation in the early 1500's.īuilt by Robert Reid (1776-1856) after designs by Robert Adam (1728-1792), architects who both embody the Age of Reasonġ632-1640. Named after William Brodie, a respectable member of 18th C society by day, but a burglar by night. Open on Sundays during the Festival, 2.00-5.00)īuilt in 1662 and now the home of the Writers' Museum, with interesting relics and maunuscripts relating to Scotland's greatest literary figures - Robert burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson Decorated wooden cielings and 17th C painted wall friezes. National Trust for Scotland 16th C house, restored and furnished to give the impression of life here in the 1600's. James Boswell (writer) and David Hume (philosopher) lived here. Site of the Annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.īy Graham and Pugin (the latter, designer of the Houses of parliament in London) Now disused, there are plans to open this as a center for the Edinburgh Festivalįrom about the mid 1700's. Originally this house was fitted up by Patrick Geddes in 1892 as "The nucleus of the University of the Future for all neo-technic thinking and teaching" Assembly Hall ![]() One of Edinburgh's top visitor attractions since the mid 1800's, with exhibitions of old photographs of Edinburgh, Holography and the Camara Obscura which reflects a panoramic view of the City onto a white table. A cannonball embedded in the walls marks the head height of the city's first piped water supplyįestival Centre, Ticket office, etc (open daily 8.00-5.30) Visitors will find a lot to explore on either side of this historic road Probably Edinburgh's oldest street, The Royal Mile connects Edinburgh Castle (photograph above) with the Palace of Holyrood House. ![]()
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