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Edinburgh Scotland’s Capital
By Mark on July 6, 2008
The city of Edinburgh actually began as a fort named Castle Rock. But in the 7th century, it was caputured and taken over by the English,they went on to name the fort as Eiden’s burgh, burgh is an old word for fort. In the 10th century the scots managed to retake the fort and land and made it their own again. It lye’s close to the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city was actually created by a king named Malcom the third, who created a castle during the 11th century, the city grew around the castle, the castle was built on a rocky ridge, where the ‘Royal Mile’ links the castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse which situated at the bottom of a ridge which passes through the burghs of Canongate and Edinburgh. Then in the 12th century Edinburgh flourished as the town grew. Up to the north of the city you have which is now known as the New Town, which was created around the 18th and 19th centuries. Prince’s street is renown for many international festivals and as been hosting these festivals from 1947.
This is a picture taken from Google Earth of the city of Edinburgh.
This is a picture of southern Scotland taken from Google Earth.
The city is becoming a multi-cultural city with people from all over the world coming to live in Edinburgh, the city has three main universities they are University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University and the Napier University. Tourism plays a big part in the city and with plenty of opportunity to eat out and drink, you can not go wrong. Theatres, Cinemas, Pubs, Clubs, Restaurants, Coffee Bars, Cafe’s, Parks + Walks, Live Music, History, Museums, Gardens, Shopping, Sports and Health clubs and many different types of hotels and bed and breakfast’s to relax in. You will have the time of your life. Edinburgh does rely on many other trades including, the light industry, brewing and finance to keep the city moving.
This is a picture of Edinburgh Castle taken from panoramio on google earth.
Edinburgh is also the home to the Scottish Office and Parliament, aswell as the Forestry Authority and the British Geological Survey. The city is also home to two rivalling footballing clubs in the names of Hearts(Heart of Midlothian) and Hibernian. Murrayfield is the home to Scotland’s international rugby side aswell as their local team Edinburgh who play in the Celtic league. Scotland also has an international cricket team that plays at the Grange, Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
This is a picture of the town of Edinburgh taken from panoramio.
This is a scenic picture taken of Edinburgh from panoramio.
- Learn about Edinburgh on Wikipedia
- Find Edinburgh on Google Maps
- Learn about Edinburgh Castle on wikipedia
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
3:41 pm on July 6th, 2008
Edinburgh is one of my all-time favorite cities. Beautiful and cultural, love it!
8:49 am on July 14th, 2008
I think it is a cracking city and has alot to offer, I remember the times when we were up there and it was great fun, especially the the canon going off every 1 to 2 hours. Great city,great country and fantastic memories.