Canongate

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area of Edinburgh district historic street

Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf area of Edinburgh ⓘ
district ⓘ
historic street ⓘ
adjacentTo Calton Hill ⓘ
surface form: Calton Hill area
architecturalStyle mixed medieval and later Scottish urban architecture ⓘ
contains Canongate Kirk ⓘ
Canongate Tolbooth ⓘ
Moray House School of Education buildings ⓘ
Museum of Edinburgh ⓘ
Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
People’s Story Museum ⓘ
Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
The Netherbow area ⓘ
White Horse Close ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
easternTerminus Holyrood Park vicinity ⓘ
hasCivicBuilding Canongate Tolbooth ⓘ
hasGovernmentBuilding Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
hasMuseum Museum of Edinburgh ⓘ
People’s Story Museum ⓘ
hasParishChurch Canongate Kirk ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Canongate Kirk ⓘ
hasRoyalConnection British monarchy ⓘ
Scottish crown ⓘ
surface form: Scottish monarchy
hasRoyalResidence Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old and New Towns of Edinburgh ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Burgh of Canongate
historicalFunction separate burgh main street ⓘ
integratedInto Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh
knownFor historic civic buildings ⓘ
religious buildings ⓘ
royal processions ⓘ
tenement architecture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn City of Edinburgh council area ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ
Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
mainThoroughfareDirection west–east ⓘ
notablePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval era ⓘ
partOf Royal Mile ⓘ
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Church of Scotland (via Canongate Kirk)
streetType medieval street ⓘ
terminusOf Royal Mile ⓘ
touristRoute Royal Mile ⓘ
surface form: Royal Mile walking route
urbanCharacter historic mixed-use street ⓘ
westernConnection High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Old Town of Edinburgh → hasPart → Canongate ⓘ
Royal Mile → hasPart → Canongate ⓘ