Old Town of Edinburgh

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UNESCO World Heritage Site component historic district urban area

The Old Town of Edinburgh is the historic medieval heart of Scotland’s capital, characterized by its narrow closes, iconic Royal Mile, and well-preserved architecture that forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Old Town, Edinburgh 12
Edinburgh Old Town 3
Edinburgh World Heritage Site 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
urban area ⓘ
administrativeStatus conservation area ⓘ
associatedWith Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
function historic city centre ⓘ
governingBody City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
hasPart Canongate ⓘ
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Canongate Kirkyard

Castlehill ⓘ
Cowgate ⓘ
Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Grassmarket ⓘ
High Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holyrood ⓘ
Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood Palace

John Knox House ⓘ
Lawnmarket, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Lawnmarket

Museum of Edinburgh ⓘ
National Museum of Scotland ⓘ
Royal Mile ⓘ
Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral

Victoria Street ⓘ
heritageCriteria Cultural criteria (ii) ⓘ
Cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 1995 ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Royal Mile ⓘ
defensive town layout ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
medieval street plan ⓘ
narrow closes and wynds ⓘ
tenement buildings ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh Old and New Towns
periodOfSignificance Enlightenment era ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
Reformation era ⓘ
topography ridge running from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace ⓘ
tourism major tourist destination ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
urbanForm high-density tenements ⓘ
medieval street pattern ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calton Hill → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Edinburgh → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Waverley → adjacentTo → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
Princes Street entrance → hasNearbyFeature → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh Old Town
Edinburgh → hasOldTown → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Arthur’s Seat → hasViewOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
Princes Street → hasViewOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Scott Monument → hasViewOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
Canongate → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Parliament House, Edinburgh → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Royal Mile → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament Building → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh → locatedIn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Holyrood Park → locatedInOrNear → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Palace of Holyroodhouse → locatedOn → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile
Calton Road entrance → near → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Calton Hill → overlooks → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh → partOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
this entity surface form: Edinburgh World Heritage Site
Edinburgh Castle → partOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Parliament House, Edinburgh → partOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh World Heritage Site
Royal Mile → partOf → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh Old Town
Princes Street Gardens → separates → Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edinburgh Old Town