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* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
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* Leith
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* Morningside
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* 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
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* St Giles Cathedral
* St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
* Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
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* 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
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Parliament Square

( Worth Seeing )

Parliament Square lies behind St Giles Cathedral, an open space surrounded by the 19th-century colonnades masking Parliament House; they were designed by Robert Reid and built between 1803 and 1830. The equestrian statue of Charles II excited much comment when it went up in 1685, Roman triumphal dress being less than familiar to the locals. You'll see lawyers hurrying through the square on their way to the Court of Session and the High Court of Justice.


Address: Parliament Square
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5
Bus: 1, 28, 34, 42
Accessible: Good
Other: Mercat Cross; Parliament House; Royal Mile; St Giles' Cathedral
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