Edinburgh Heritage
These artciles about Edinburgh's history and heritage are in a particular order so it is best to read them in the order they are displayed.
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EDINBURGH is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. For the visitor it has a many-sided appeal. To... more »
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To the south, a wide area of attractive residences, spaciously set amid gardens and wooded policies, gives a garden -... more »
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Edinburgh, what first emerges out of the mists of tradition is the shape of its Castle Rock, dimly seen as... more »
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If its military history began centuries before, the earliest City Charter now extant is that granted by King Robert the... more »
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Edinburgh became a cockpit in which Catholicism and Protestantism - with Mary Stuart and John Knox as representative champions -... more »
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Edinburgh has subsequently lead a peaceful and almost uninterrupted prosperity. If in industry, wealth, and population it has had to... more »
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THE romantic beauty of Edinburgh today is not due to her varied site alone; it owes at least as much... more »
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The architectural history of Edinburgh began with the Castle, and here appropriately we find in the little Norman Chapel of... more »
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The art of the Renaissance made slow progress in Scotland owing to the long - drawn troubles of the Reformation... more »
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THE BRIDGE - BUILDING PERIOD.
By this time the Burgh had become dangerously overcrowded, with a population of some 60,000,... more »
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The earlier buildings in the New Town were somewhat commonplace, though beautifully decorated within. By the end of the century,... more »
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There remains the third great force which has affected the modern city. The fires of the Romantic movement, lit towards... more »
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EDINBURGH is built on and surrounded by hills. To these hills it owes in a large measure its picturesque character.... more »
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The Calton Hill is largely responsible for Edinburgh's descriptive title of "Modern Athens."
The hill, commanding the long vista of... more »
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Arthur's Seat's bold outline marks the site of the city from afar and illustrates one of Edinburgh's unique characteristics. In... more »
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When "the broom is blowin' bonnie," Blackford Hill affords a spectacle of colour of extraordinary richness. Its green bulk is... more »
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The Braid Hills are associated, not only in Edinburgh but all over Scotland, with the national game of golf.
The... more »
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The hills of Craiglockhart and Corstorphine stand as sentinels guarding the western approach of Greater Edinburgh.
They rise on either... more »
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Across the vale rise the pleasantly wooded heights of Corstorphine Hill, on whose southern slopes are established the gardens of... more »
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THE Old Town is unquestionably the most interesting quarter of Edinburgh. It is, as Ruskin says, "delicious in life and... more »
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Leaving the Esplanade, we enter the Castle Hill, up which state processions passed when the Castle was a royal residence... more »
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As we pass into the Lawnmarket, a short, steep street, the West Bow, branches off on our right.
Formerly a... more »
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Farther down, on the same side, is Brodie's Close, where lived the notorious Deacon Brodie, immortalised by R. L. Stevenson... more »
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Facing us is St. Giles' Church, whose walls have witnessed some memorable scenes, e.g., the preaching of John Knox, and... more »
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The building on the south side of Parliament Square, with its Italian façade and imposing Doric portico, is occupied by... more »
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Immediately east of St. Giles' is the Mercat Cross, which, during several centuries, acquired associations that made it the centre,... more »
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Across the street is Anchor Close, at the lower end of which, in a building now removed, was the printing... more »
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Blackfriars Street (south side) led to the monastery of the Blackfriars, founded by Alexander II. in 1230.
This thoroughfare, or... more »
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Near the top (south side) is Chessel's Court, at the far end of which is the old Excise Office, the... more »
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Returning to Canongate, Moray House has a curious entrance guarded by obelisk - topped pillars and its substantial balcony.
In... more »
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In the second close from the churchyard (north side), within a little courtyard on the right, stands Panmure House, the... more »
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FROM time immemorial there have been fortifications on the Castle Rock. It is not, however, until 1004 that it is... more »
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On the highest portion of the rock is the Crown Square, having the Palace buildings on the east side, the... more »
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The Scottish National War Memorial occupies the site of an early chapel founded by David I., rebuilt in the fourteenth... more »
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The Palace of Holyroodhouse was a development of the Abbey founded by David I. in 1128; and since that date... more »
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The Palace, when the Sovereign is not in residence, is open to visitors, who proceed by way of a staircase... more »
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THE "Cow - gait" - the "Via Vaccarum" of Alexander Alesse in the early sixteenth century; the "Platea Bovina" of... more »
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In the interval, the Cowgate has experienced many changes. In the course of time it became the residence of nobles... more »
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The Tailors' Hall has also witnessed important national and civic events, such as the preliminaries to the signing, in 1638,... more »
