Holyrood, Edinburgh
Holyrood
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 Taken from Holyrood Park in 2004. From left to right:Dynamic Earth,Edinburgh Castle,Scottish Parliament Building,Palace of Holyroodhouse,Scott Monument,Balmoral Hotelclock tower andNelson's Monument. | |
  Holyrood Location within theCity of Edinburgh council area  Holyrood Location withinScotland | |
| OS grid reference | NT267737 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode district | EH8, EH99 |
| Dialling code | 0131 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Holyrood(/ˈhɒliruːd/;Scots:Halyruid,[1]Scottish Gaelic:Taigh an Ròid[2]) is an area inEdinburgh,the capital ofScotland,lying east of the city centre, at the foot of theRoyal Mile.
The area takes its name fromHolyrood Abbey,which was the Church of the Holy Rude (Scots for 'Holy Cross').
Holyrood includes the following sites:
- The modernScottish ParliamentBuilding.[3]For this reason "Holyrood" is often used in contemporary media as ametonymfor the Scottish Government.
- ThePalace of Holyroodhouse,the official residence of themonarchin Scotland.
- The ruins ofHolyrood Abbey
- Holyrood Park,an expansive royal park to the south and east of the palace.
- TheQueen's Gallery,part of the Holyroodhouse complex formerly a church and now an art gallery.
- Dynamic Earth,visitor attraction and science centre which is Scotland's largest interactive museum.
- A number of residential, light commercial, and government properties.
References[edit]
- ^"Names in Scots - Places in Scotland".scotslanguage.com.
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved20 December2014.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^Dennis Lock; Reinhard Wagner (20 May 2016).Gower Handbook of Programme Management.Routledge. pp. 196–.ISBN978-1-317-12514-3.
