Edinburgh Castle .
Edinburgh Old Town.
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The Old Town has preserved its medieval plan and many Reformation-era buildings. One end is closed by the castle. The street layout, typical of the old quarters of many northern European cities, is made especially picturesque in Edinburgh, where the castle perches on top of a rocky crag, the remnants of a dormant volcano, and the main street runs down the crest of a ridge from it.
Writer’s Museum The Writers’ Museum, housed in Lady Stair’s House at the Lawnmarket, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, presents the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Watler Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. The Lady Stair's House was built in 1622 for Sir William Gray of Pittendrum, but the interior has been converted since then. Located in Edinburgh's lawnmarket, Lady Stair's Close is the location of an 17th-century townhouse called Lady Stairs House built in 1622 for Sir William Gray of Pittendrum, an Edinburgh Baronet. It was originally called Lady Gray's House after the widow of the first proprietor. It was then bought in 1719 by the widow of John Dalrymple (1648 - 1707) the first Earl of Stair, hence its present name. |
Gladstone's Land
Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th century hight-tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust of Scotland and is operated as a popular tourist attraction.The "Land" (sited at 481 and 483 Lawnmarket) was originally built in 1550, but was bought and redeveloped in 1617 by a prosperous Edinburgh merchant and burgess, Thomas Gledstanes. The work was completed in 1620.n 1934, the building was condemned and scheduled for demolition, until it was rescued by the National Trust for Scotland.
The Royal mile
The Royal mile is the most touristic street. At the 16 centery, it’s accommodated jeweller and craftsperson.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. He was a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy, and was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightnment era.
A large-scale memorial of Smith by Alexander Stoddart was unveiled on 4 July 2008 in Edinburgh.
James Braindwood
James Braidwood (1800–1861) founded the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824, and was the first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment. He is credited with the development of the modern municipal fire service.He was born in Edinburgh the tenth child of Francis James Braidwood, a cabinetmaker, and Janet Mitchell. He was educated at the Royal High School. He learned about the construction of buildings after joining his father's building firm as an apprentice, knowledge he was later to put to good use.
The National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is the légal deposit of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections Its main base is in Edinburgh city centre. The National Library of Scotland holds 7 million books, 14 million printed items and over 2 million maps.
Since 1999, the Library has been funded by the Scottish Parliament It remains one of only six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is governed by a board of trustees.On 26 February 2009, areas of the building were flooded after a water main burst on the 12th floor. Firefighters were called and the leaking water was stopped within ten minutes. A number of items were lightly damaged.
The last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots made a rare public appearance to mark the opening of a new Library visitor centre in September 2009.
Bobby
Bobby is a sky terrier dog who stay awake on the grave of his owner during 14 years. Bobby is as ymbol of loyalty. Every day, at 1 pm the owner and the dog was used to eat in the little restaurant. Two years after the owner died.Next after his death the guard of the cimetery found Bobby sleeped on the grave of his owner.
Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th century hight-tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust of Scotland and is operated as a popular tourist attraction.The "Land" (sited at 481 and 483 Lawnmarket) was originally built in 1550, but was bought and redeveloped in 1617 by a prosperous Edinburgh merchant and burgess, Thomas Gledstanes. The work was completed in 1620.n 1934, the building was condemned and scheduled for demolition, until it was rescued by the National Trust for Scotland.
The Royal mile
The Royal mile is the most touristic street. At the 16 centery, it’s accommodated jeweller and craftsperson.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. He was a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy, and was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightnment era.
A large-scale memorial of Smith by Alexander Stoddart was unveiled on 4 July 2008 in Edinburgh.
James Braindwood
James Braidwood (1800–1861) founded the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824, and was the first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment. He is credited with the development of the modern municipal fire service.He was born in Edinburgh the tenth child of Francis James Braidwood, a cabinetmaker, and Janet Mitchell. He was educated at the Royal High School. He learned about the construction of buildings after joining his father's building firm as an apprentice, knowledge he was later to put to good use.
The National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is the légal deposit of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections Its main base is in Edinburgh city centre. The National Library of Scotland holds 7 million books, 14 million printed items and over 2 million maps.
Since 1999, the Library has been funded by the Scottish Parliament It remains one of only six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is governed by a board of trustees.On 26 February 2009, areas of the building were flooded after a water main burst on the 12th floor. Firefighters were called and the leaking water was stopped within ten minutes. A number of items were lightly damaged.
The last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots made a rare public appearance to mark the opening of a new Library visitor centre in September 2009.
Bobby
Bobby is a sky terrier dog who stay awake on the grave of his owner during 14 years. Bobby is as ymbol of loyalty. Every day, at 1 pm the owner and the dog was used to eat in the little restaurant. Two years after the owner died.Next after his death the guard of the cimetery found Bobby sleeped on the grave of his owner.
Wallace Monument
Stirling Castle
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Glamis Castle
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Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is known to be the biggest loch in Scotland (loch is the word for lake in gaelic), it's part of a national park. As a national park the workers there have to preserve the lake, to not let the visitors destroy the place.
This place is quite special because it has a unique habitat, it's situated on the edge of two different kind of habitats which causes different wildlife,
forests, lochs and rivers to meet.
People often think that the lake is a big area but actually it has defined boundaries, the lowlands located in the south and the highlands in the north.
A few thousands years ago, the lake was one of the last place to be released from the ice age, that's the ice that carved this valley.
On the north of the lake we can observe that there are big hills, that's because the rocks that was there during the ice age were harder (Granite, Conglomerate which is stones gathered by sandstone that acted like glue to fix them all together) than the ones on the south which were softer (Sandstone).
Loch Lomond contains lots of islands (38) but we can't see all of them all the time, it depends on the level of water. These islands are there because they are sections with harder rocks, the softer rocks that linked all of them got eroded.
The lake's forest is an atlantic oak woodland, a green forest like the Amazon forest, so there are thousands of types of flowers like bluebells or snowdrops.
The lake is also a famous hiking spot.
Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Royal Yacht Britannia
The Royal yacht Britannia was the home of the Queen and the royal family during fourty years. It was built by John Brown and Co at Clydebank in Scotland and it was baptized by the Queen the 16th of march 1953. It is 127metres talla and it weighs 5860 tonnes. He sailed from 1953 to 1997. The yacht did 968 trip on all the seas in the word with the queen or the royal family. His last trip was to Hong Kong. For budgetary reasons the britranic government decided in 1994 to stop to use the yacht. It is now situated in Edimbourg and it is the site the most visited in Great Britain.
Our Dynamic Earth
Glasgow Piping Centre.
Hampden Park
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium which is situated in Glasgow. It was built in 1903 by Archibald Leitch and contains many infrastructures to accommodate players in the best conditions. It’s the reason why the stadium is graded as a five star stadium by the UEFA. The capacity is currently 52 000 and under the stadium they installed a museum that exhibit the history of this. They will be one of the stadium which welcome the EURO2020. They do not organize only football matches but also other events like concerts, many famous groups and singers have played here like The Rolling Stones, U2, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Rihanna and etc...
Hampden Park is a football stadium which is situated in Glasgow. It was built in 1903 by Archibald Leitch and contains many infrastructures to accommodate players in the best conditions. It’s the reason why the stadium is graded as a five star stadium by the UEFA. The capacity is currently 52 000 and under the stadium they installed a museum that exhibit the history of this. They will be one of the stadium which welcome the EURO2020. They do not organize only football matches but also other events like concerts, many famous groups and singers have played here like The Rolling Stones, U2, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Rihanna and etc...