edinburgh

     

Coorinates: 55°56′58″N 3°09′37″W / 55.949556, -3.160288

Trivia about edinburgh

  • When in Scotland, the queen often stays at the luxurious palace of Holyroodhouse in this city
  • Gene Chandler is the Duke of Earl & Prince Philip is the duke of this city
  • Prince Charles is the Duke of Cornwall & Prince Philip is the Duke of this
  • The New York City ballet's first visit to this city's famous festival inspired the ballet "Scotch Symphony"
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in this Scottish city
  • It's said the Witchery by the Castle, on Castle Hill in this Scottish city, is haunted by several ghosts
  • Holyrood Palace was built in this capital city around 1500
  • Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in the new town section of this Scottish capital
  • Born in Shrewsbury Feb. 12, 1809, Charles Darwin was sent at 16 to study medicine in this Scottish city
  • J.K. Rowling wrote her first novel at a cafe in this Scottish capital
  • The Murder & Mystery Tour in this Scottish capital begins at the Witchery restaurant at 352 Castlehill
  • Take a fun-filled ride through the history of scotch next to this Scottish capital's castle
  • In 1789 architect Robert Adam designed the University of this Scottish city
  • St. Margaret's Chapel, the oldest surviving building in this Scottish city, may date back to the 11th century
  • The center of this city, the capital, lies near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth
  • The Last Drop Tavern was named for its proximity to the spot where public hangings took place in this Scottish capital
  • An 1829 visit to Holyrood Palace in this city inspired Mendelssohn's "Scottish Symphony"
  • Sir Walter Scott
  • It's the largest Scottish city on the banks of the Firth of Forth
  • This Scottish city may have been named for Edwin of Northumbria, a 7th c. king who built a fort there
  • You can see the royal crown of Scotland in a castle in this Scottish city, but you can't try it on
  • Commissioned by Malcolm III's wife, the Chapel of St. Margaret is the oldest surviving structure in this capital
  • Great Scott! Lady Stair's house in this Scottish capital boasts exhibits on great Scottish authors
  • The title of the novel "The Heart Of Midlothian" refers to an old prison in this Scottish city
  • This city's name derives from the Celtic word meaning "Eiden's Fort"
  • Muriel Spark was born in this capital city, the setting for her novel "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
  • The lady in blue seen in this Scottish city's Royal Lyceum Theatre may be the actress Ellen Terry
  • James VI granted the charter for this city's university in 1582
  • Sir Arthur based Sherlock Holmes in part on one of his professors at this Scottish university
  • David Roberts, who has been called the "Scottish Canaletto", was born in this capital in 1796
  • 1996's "Trainspotting" was about the underground drug life in this city
  • Now that it's a hotel, any schlub can stay at storied Dalhousie Castle in this Scottish capital
  • Festivals this Scottish city is famous for include a jazz one, a film one & of course, a fringe one
  • From the Scott Monument, take a wee walk up to St. David Street to get to St. Andrew Square
  • I spent most of the final years of my life in this Scottish capital, where I died & am buried
  • In 2003 Dolly the Cloned Sheep died, was pickled, & went on display at this capital's Royal Museum
  • Aptly enough, Prince Philip meets with the other knights of the Thistle in this city
  • This city was probably named for Edwin of Northumbria, who built a fort on the Firth of Forth in the 600s

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