Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site

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World Heritage Site cultural heritage site historic urban area

The Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site is a UNESCO-listed historic urban area renowned for its elegant Georgian architecture, planned neoclassical streets, and key civic buildings in Scotland’s capital.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
New Town of Edinburgh 5
Edinburgh World Heritage Site 2
Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic urban area ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
contains Assembly Rooms ⓘ
Bute House ⓘ
Calton Hill ⓘ
Charlotte Square ⓘ
George Street ⓘ
Moray Estate ⓘ
Princes Street ⓘ
Queen Street ⓘ
Register House ⓘ
Royal Scottish Academy Building ⓘ
surface form: Royal Scottish Academy

Scott Monument ⓘ
Scottish National Portrait Gallery ⓘ
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: St Andrew Square

St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
Edinburgh World Heritage ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (ii) ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1995 ⓘ
knownFor civic and cultural buildings ⓘ
elegant Georgian townhouses ⓘ
formal urban planning ⓘ
planned neoclassical streets ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mainPlanner James Craig ⓘ
partOf Old and New Towns of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site

city centre of Edinburgh ⓘ
historic centre of Edinburgh ⓘ
period early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
planningBegan 1767 ⓘ
significance illustrates Enlightenment-era urban planning ideals ⓘ
major example of European planned neoclassical city ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
urbanForm formal squares ⓘ
grid plan ⓘ

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Register House, Edinburgh → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site
Regent Road, Edinburgh → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Town and Calton Hill area of Edinburgh
Argyle Battery → overlooks → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Town of Edinburgh
Bute House → locatedInUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Crown Square → heritageDesignation → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site component (Old and New Towns of Edinburgh)
Parliament Square, Edinburgh → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh World Heritage Site
Parliament Square, Edinburgh → heritageStatus → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old and New Towns of Edinburgh)
St Andrew Square → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh World Heritage Site
Canonmills → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Town of Edinburgh
Calton Road → near → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Town of Edinburgh
Salisbury Crags → hasViewOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Town of Edinburgh
Queen Street, Edinburgh → formsPartOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh New Town street grid
Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle → overlooks → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Town of Edinburgh
No. 6 Charlotte Square → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town World Heritage Site
George Street (to the north via connecting streets) → partOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: George Street (Edinburgh)
this entity surface form: Edinburgh New Town plan
George Street (to the north via connecting streets) → isCentralAxisOf → Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: George Street (Edinburgh)
this entity surface form: Edinburgh New Town grid