Edinburgh

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Edinburgh is the historic and cultural heart of Scotland, renowned for its medieval Old Town, elegant Georgian New Town, and world-famous arts festivals.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
capitalOf Scotland
climate temperate maritime climate
country Scotland
designated UNESCO City of Literature
foundedInCentury 12th century
governingBody City of Edinburgh Council
grantedRoyalBurghStatus 12th century
hasAirport Edinburgh Airport
hasLandmark Arthur's Seat
Calton Hill
Edinburgh Castle
National Museum of Scotland
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Royal Mile
Scott Monument
St Giles' Cathedral
hasNewTown New Town, Edinburgh
hasOldTown Old Town, Edinburgh
hasRailwayStation Edinburgh Waverley railway station
hasUniversity Edinburgh Napier University
Heriot-Watt University
Queen Margaret University
University of Edinburgh
knownFor Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh International Festival
Hogmanay celebrations
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
cultural heritage
historic architecture
literary history
locatedIn Lothian
locatedOn southern shore of the Firth of Forth
nickname Athens of the North
Auld Reekie
officialLanguage English
partOf Central Belt of Scotland
patronSaint Saint Giles
populationApproximate 500000
regionalLanguage Scots
Scottish Gaelic
seatOfGovernment Scottish Government
seatOfParliament Scottish Parliament
sovereignState United Kingdom
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
timeZoneDST British Summer Time
twinCity Florence
Kiev
Munich
Vancouver
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Old and New Towns of Edinburgh

Referenced by (456)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bank of Scotland ("Edinburgh city centre (head office)")
Black Dinner
Cabinet Secretary for Health
Cabinet of the Scottish Government
Calton Hill
Calton Hill ("City of Edinburgh")
Calton Jail
Calton Road entrance
Canongate
Canongate Kirkyard
College of Justice
Court of Session (in peerage matters)
Cramond Beach
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station
Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Waverley
Fife Circle services
Granton
Heriot-Watt University
High Court of Justiciary
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Park
Little France
Longmore House
North Bridge station
Old Town of Edinburgh
Parlamaid na h-Alba
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Parliament of Scotland
Port of Leith
Princes Street
Princes Street Gardens
Princes Street Gardens ("City of Edinburgh")
Princes Street entrance
Regent Road, Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Royal Mile
Royal Yacht Britannia
Scott Monument
Scottish Government
Scottish Government directorates
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament Building
Select Society
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
Thistle Chapel
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh Medical School
Water of Leith
Western General Hospital
locatedIn
Arthur’s Seat
Calton Road entrance
Canongate Kirkyard
Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh Napier University
Great Gallery
Hibernian F.C.
Holyrood Abbey
Longmore House ("City of Edinburgh")
MSP
National Museum of Scotland
North Bridge station
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Princes Street
Princes Street entrance
Queen’s Gallery
Register House, Edinburgh
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Royal Mile ("City of Edinburgh")
Royal Society of Edinburgh
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
Throne Room (Palace of Holyroodhouse)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh Medical School
Water of Leith
Western General Hospital
city
A & C Black
Bank of Scotland
Boundary Commission for Scotland
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Free Church of Scotland
HBOS
Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland
Lloyds Banking Group
NHS Lothian
NHS Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
National Trust for Scotland
North British Railway
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Royal Company of Archers
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Scottish National Party
Transport Scotland
headquartersLocation
Arthur’s Seat
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Court of the Lord Lyon
Estates of Parliament
Hibernian F.C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
National Museum of Scotland
Ocean Terminal shopping centre
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Queen's Guard
Queen’s Gallery
Register House, Edinburgh
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Scottish Estates
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
William Blackwood and Sons
location
Alexander Graham Bell
C.J. Sansom
David Home
David Hume
Graham Hancock
Hugh Blair
James Busby
James II of Scotland
Kenneth Grahame
Robert Fergusson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Sean Connery
Sir John Anderson
Sir Walter Scott
Tony Blair
placeOfBirth
Adam Ferguson
Alexander Melville Bell
Allan Ramsay
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
Henry Home, Lord Kames
Hugh MacDiarmid ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
James Busby
James Campbell Walker
James Hutton
John Ramsay McCulloch
Klaus Fuchs
Lord President of the Court of Session
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots
Melville James Bell
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Walter Scott
residence
Allan Ramsay
Charles Glover Barkla
David Home
David Hume
Don Revie ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Henry Dundas
Henry Home, Lord Kames ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Hugh Blair
Hugh MacDiarmid ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Hugh Miller
John Knox ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Joseph Black
Michael Atiyah
Robert Fergusson
William Adam
placeOfDeath
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Alexander Graham Bell ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Alexander Melville Bell
Arthur Conan Doyle
Douglas Haig
Dugald Stewart
James Clerk Maxwell
James David Forbes
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
James Hutton
James VI and I
Melville James Bell
Richard Norman Shaw
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
birthPlace
Adam Black
Allan Ramsay
Charles Glover Barkla
Dugald Stewart
Henry Dundas
James Adam
James Campbell Walker
James David Forbes
Joseph Black
Peter Higgs
Robert Adam
Robert Fergusson
Sir Walter Scott
William Robertson
workLocation
A1 road
Borders Railway
Edinburgh–Dundee route
Fife Circle Line
Forth Road Bridge
Forth bridges
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line
Great North Road
M8
M9 motorway
Queensferry Crossing
connects
Blackness Castle
Cramond Island
Dalgety Bay
Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge (rail, south end)
Inchgarvie Castle
Inchkeith
Inchmickery
Kinross
Queen Margaret University
South Queensferry
locatedNear
Advocate General for Scotland
Cabinet Secretary for Education
Cabinet Secretary for Finance
Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero or Environment
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs
Cabinet Secretary for Transport or Infrastructure
Cabinet of the Scottish Government
City of Edinburgh council area
Secretary of State for Scotland
seat
Adam Smith ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
David II of Scotland ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Dugald Stewart
Edgar, King of Scotland ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
James Hutton
Madeleine of Valois
Mary of Guise
Roy Urquhart
deathPlace
Arthur’s Seat ("Edinburgh cityscape")
Calton Hill ("Edinburgh city centre")
Cramond Island ("City of Edinburgh")
Leith
Little France ("City of Edinburgh")
Newhaven
Old Town of Edinburgh ("Edinburgh Old and New Towns")
Princes Street ("Edinburgh city centre")
South Queensferry ("City of Edinburgh")
partOf
A90 road
East Coast Main Line
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route
Edinburgh–Inverness line
M8 motorway
M90 motorway
Scottish rail network
Scottish trunk road network
connectsCity
Central Lowlands
Central Lowlands of Scotland
Central Lowlands of Scotland ("Edinburgh City")
Central Scotland
City of Edinburgh council area
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region ("City of Edinburgh")
Firth of Forth region
Lothian
contains
Aberdeen railway station
Aberdour railway station
Crewe railway station
Inverness railway station
Lochgelly railway station
Manchester rail network
connectsTo
Dalgety Bay railway station
Deep Sea World
Dunfermline Palace
Linlithgow Palace
Newbattle Abbey
Pittenweem
nearbyCity
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
Forth Road Bridge ("City of Edinburgh")
Parliament House, Edinburgh ("Edinburgh city centre")
River Almond ("City of Edinburgh")
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh ("City of Edinburgh")
Water of Leith
region
East Lothian ("City of Edinburgh")
Fife ("City of Edinburgh")
Kingdom of Fife ("City of Edinburgh")
Midlothian ("City of Edinburgh")
West Lothian ("City of Edinburgh")
borders
Dunkeld dynasty
House of Dunkeld
Kingdom of Scotland
Scotland
Scottish monarch
capital
Adam Brothers
Moderator of the General Assembly
Royal Company of Archers
UK heraldic and flag authorities
basedIn
Dalgety Bay railway station
EDB
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station
Edinburgh commuter rail network
servesCity
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route
Edinburgh–Dundee route
Edinburgh–Inverness line
Great North Road ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
terminus
Central Scotland
Eastern Scotland
Scottish mainland
hasMajorCity
National Museum of Scotland ("City of Edinburgh")
Palace of Holyroodhouse ("City of Edinburgh")
Royal Society of Edinburgh ("City of Edinburgh")
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Inchcolm Abbey
Innis Choluim
Queen Margaret University ("City of Edinburgh")
near
Calton Hill ("Edinburgh city centre")
Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Park ("Edinburgh city centre")
overlooks
A90 road ("City of Edinburgh")
M8 ("City of Edinburgh")
M8 motorway ("City of Edinburgh")
passesThrough
An Autobiography
Scenes of Clerical Life
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
placeOfPublication
British Rail
North Bridge station
North British Railway
servedCity
John Knox
Scottish royal court
associatedWith
River Almond ("City of Edinburgh")
Water of Leith ("City of Edinburgh")
flowsThrough
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
foundingLocation
Royal Scots
Royal Scots Navy
garrison
Central Scotland
Lothian and Fife
hasCapitalCityOfScotland
Firth of Forth
Forth estuary
hasMajorCityOnShore
British Geological Survey ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
Scotland Office
hasOffice
EDB
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route
locatedInCity
Scotland
United Kingdom
majorCity
Dunedin
Edinburg, Texas ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
namedAfter
Cramond Beach
Inchcolm
nearestCity
First Minister of Scotland
General Medical Council
officeLocation
Fife Circle services
NHS Lothian ("City of Edinburgh")
operatesIn
Edinburgh Airport ("City of Edinburgh")
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
serves
A90 road
M90 motorway
terminusA
Edinburgh Waverley ("New Town of Edinburgh")
adjacentTo
Athens of the North
appliedTo
Royal Scots
associatedCity
Alexander II of Scotland
associatedPlace
Prince of Scotland
associatedWithCapital
Sunshine on Leith
associatedWithCity
James IV of Scotland
associatedWithPlace
Scottish Borders ("City of Edinburgh")
bordersWith
Thomas Nelson (publisher family)
businessBase
University of Edinburgh Medical School ("Central Area, Edinburgh")
campus
House of Stuart
capitalDuringRule
United Kingdom
capitalOfConstituentCountry
Scottish Enlightenment
centeredIn
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region
centeredOn
Edinburgh Airport
cityServed
1970 British Commonwealth Games ("Edinburgh, Scotland")
cityState
Caledonian Railway
connectedCity
Lothian and Fife
containsCity
Anne of Denmark
coronationPlace
M8
easternTerminus
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station ("Edinburgh urban area")
fareZone
Commonwealth Youth Games
firstEditionLocation
Encyclopaedia Britannica
firstEditionPublicationPlace
England national rugby union team
firstInternationalLocation
The Mill on the Floss
firstPublishedIn
Essays, Moral and Political
firstPublisher
M90
formsKeyRouteTo
M90
formsPartOfRouteBetween
King of Scots
hasCapital
Scottish mainland
hasCapitalCity
House of Bruce
hasCapitalDuringRule
Enlightenment philosophy
hasCenter
Saint Giles
hasChurchDedicatedIn
Princes Street Gardens
hasCity
Dalgety Bay
hasCommuterLinksTo
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
hasEconomicImpactOn
British–Irish Council
hasHeadquartersLocation
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region
hasLargestCity
Core Cities Group
hasMember
Lockerbie
hasNearbyCity
Edinburgh ("New Town, Edinburgh")
hasNewTown
Buro Happold
hasOfficeIn
Information Commissioner’s Office
hasOfficeLocation
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region ("Edinburgh urban area")
hasPopulationCentre
Granton
hasPostTown
North Lanarkshire
hasRailConnectionTo
Kinghorn
hasViewOf
1970 British Commonwealth Games
hostCity
Canongate ("City of Edinburgh")
integratedInto
North Lanarkshire
isCommuterAreaFor
Aberdour
isCommuterStopBetween
Aberdour
isCommuterStopFor
Inverkeithing
isCommuterTownFor
City of Edinburgh council area
isCouncilAreaOf
EDB
isMainStationOf
Stirling
isNear
City of Edinburgh council area
largestSettlement
Edinburgh Trams ("City of Edinburgh")
locale
Linlithgow
locatedBetween
Inchmickery ("City of Edinburgh")
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
EDB ("City of Edinburgh")
locatedInCouncilArea
Midlothian
locatedSouthOf
West Lothian
locatedWestOf
Lord Lyon King of Arms
locationOfCourt
Lord Lyon King of Arms
locationOfOffice
Lothian and Fife
majorUrbanCentre
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots
marriagePlace
Three Estates of Scotland
meetsAt
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
meetsIn
Parliament of Scotland
meetsInCity
Parliament House, Edinburgh ("City of Edinburgh")
municipality
Falkirk
nearestLargeCity
Edinburgh ("Auld Reekie")
nickname
Robert Fergusson ("Auld Reekie")
notableWork
Glasgow Central
offersServiceTo
Arthur’s Seat ("Edinburgh city centre")
offersViewOf
London and North Eastern Railway
operatedInArea
CrossCountry
operatesServiceTo
London North Eastern Railway
operatesToCity
Saint Giles
patronage
Scots Confession
placeOfAdoption
Hugh Miller
placeOfBurial
Act of Security 1704
placeOfEnactment
The Cocktail Party
premiereLocation
Fife Circle services
primaryCityServed
Geneva Bible
printedIn
Inchgarvie Castle
proximityToCity
Adam Bede
publisherLocation
North Berwick
railConnectionTo
Royal Scots
recruitingArea
Athens of the North
refersTo
Andrew the Apostle
relicsLocatedIn
First Minister of Scotland
residenceLocatedIn
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
seatOfAwardingBody
Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution or External Affairs
seatOfGovernment
Trainspotting (novel)
settingLocation
Union of the Crowns
significantPlace
A1 road
terminusB
Palace of Holyroodhouse ("Edinburgh city centre")
tourismRegion
Kraków
twinCity

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