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* Ann Street
* Assembly Hall
* Assembly Rooms
* Blackford Hill
* Braid Hills
* Calton Hill
* Camera Obscura
* Charlotte Square
* City Art Centre
* The Colonies
* Corstorphine
* Cowgate
* Craigmillar Castle
* Cramond
* Dean Village
* Duddingston
* Edinburgh Castle Museums
* Edinburgh Exchange
* Edinburgh's Festival Centre - The Hub
* Edinburgh Zoo
* George Street
* The Georgian House
* Gladstone's Land
* The Grassmarket
* Greyfriars Kirk
* Hanover Street
* The Heart of Midlothian
* Holyrood Abbey
* Holyrood Park
* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
* The Lawnmarket
* Leith
* The Meadows
* Mercat Cross
* Morningside
* The Mound
* Murrayfield
* Museum of Childhood
* Parliament House
* Parliament Square
* The People's Story museum
* Princes Street
* Princes Street Gardens
* Queen Street
* Register House
* Royal High School
* Royal Scottish Academy
* Royal scottish Observatory
* The Royal Yacht Britannia
* St Andrew Square
* St Giles Cathedral
* St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
* Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
* The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery
* Scottish National Portrait Gallery
* The Scottish Parliament
* Stockbridge
* Swanston
* Talbot Rice Art Gallery
* The Tron Kirk
* The University of Edinburgh
* Victoria Street
* The Water of Leith
* Waterloo Place
* Waverley Market (princes mall)
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
Whether or not the key figure in Scotland's 16th-century Reformation actually died in the the building known as John Knox's House is open to debate, but the tradition was enough to prevent the destruction of this fine 1450 burgh house, all overhanging gables and picturesque windows. Today, it houses an exhibition on the complex subject of the Scottish Reformation, complete with an audio re-enactment of Knox's famous audience with Mary, Queen of Scots, when he condemned the Mass and her love of dancing. You can also learn about the house's other famous inhabitant, James Mossman, the goldsmith who made the Scottish Crown. He was probably responsible for the lovely carved frieze on the exterior that reads: LOVE. GOD. ABVFE. AL. AND. YI. NYCHTBOVR. AS. YI. SELF.
Address: 43-45 High Street, Royal Mile
Phone: 0131 556 9579/2647
Open: Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun during Edinburgh Festival 12-5
Restaurant: Café (Inexpensive)
Bus: 1, 6
Admission: Moderate
Other: Museum of Childhood; Royal Mile; Tron Kirk
Practical: Part of Netherbow Centre which also contains the Netherbow Theatre
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