Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.
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  • Opening hours:
    April 1st–September 30th: 9:30 AM–6:00 PM
    October 1st–December 23rd, December 27th–31, and January 2nd–March 31st: 9:30 AM–5:00 PM
    December 24th: 9:30 AM–4:00 PM
    January 1st: 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
    December 25th–26: closed
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Castelo de edinburgh”, “Chateau d’Edimbourg”, “Château d’Edimbourg”, “Edinburgh Sarayı”, “Edinburgh slott”, “Edinburgoko Gaztelua”, “edinburški grad”, “grad Edinburgh”, “Едінбурзький замок”, “Кастл-Рок”, and “エジンバラ城”
  • Address: Castlehill, Edinburgh, EH1 2NG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Margaret’s Chapel and Castle Rock.

Chapel
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St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in , .

Peak
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is a volcanic plug in the middle of upon which Edinburgh Castle sits.

Museum
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The is a museum dedicated…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauriston and Old Town.

Neighborhood
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is an area of central , …

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is the original settlement of .

Suburb
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is a major road junction to the south west…

Edinburgh Castle

Latitude
55.94868° or 55° 56′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.20041° or 3° 12′ 2″ west
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9C7RWQXX+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4301292
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2650224
Wiki­data ID
Q212065
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Edinburgh Castle” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Edinburg-kasteel”
  • Arabic: “قلعة إدنبرة”
  • Armenian: “Էդինբուրգյան դղյակ”
  • Asturian: “Castiellu d’Edimburgu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Edinburq qalası”
  • Basque: “Edinburgheko gaztelua”
  • Basque: “Edinburgoko gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Эдынбургскі замак”
  • Breton: “Kastell Dinedin”
  • Bulgarian: “Единбургски замък”
  • Catalan: “castell d’Edimburg”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Edimburg”
  • Catalan: “Castell dEdimburg”
  • Cebuano: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Chinese: “愛丁堡城堡”
  • Chinese: “爱丁堡城堡”
  • Croatian: “Edinburški dvorac”
  • Czech: “Edinburský hrad”
  • Danish: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Dutch: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Edinburga Burgo”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Edinburgo”
  • Estonian: “Edinburghi kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Edinburghin linna”
  • French: “château d’Édimbourg”
  • French: “Château d’Édimbourg”
  • French: “Château dÉdimbourg”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Edimburgo”
  • German: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Εδιμβούργου”
  • Hebrew: “טירת אדינבורו”
  • Hindi: “एडिनबर्ग किला”
  • Hungarian: “edinburgh-i vár”
  • Hungarian: “Edinburgh-i vár”
  • Icelandic: “Edinborgarkastali”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Edinburgh”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Edinburgh”
  • Irish: “Caisteal Dhún Éideann”
  • Italian: “castello di Edimburgo”
  • Italian: “Castello di Edimburgo”
  • Japanese: “エディンバラ城”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Эдинбург къала”
  • Kazakh: “Эдинбург қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Эдинбург сарайы”
  • Korean: “에든버러 성”
  • Korean: “에든버러성”
  • Latvian: “Edinburgas pils”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Persian: “دژ ادینبرو”
  • Persian: “دژ ادینبورو”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Edynburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Edimburgo”
  • Pushto: “د اډېنبوګ کلا”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Edinburgh”
  • Russian: “Эдинбургский замок”
  • Scots: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Dhùn Éideann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Dhùn Èideann”
  • Serbian: “Dvorac Edinburg”
  • Serbian: “Дворац Единбург”
  • Serbian: “Единбуршки замак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Edinburški zamak”
  • Slovenian: “Edinburški grad”
  • Slovenian: “grad Edinburg”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Edinburg”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Edimburgo”
  • Swahili: “Boma la Edinburgh”
  • Swedish: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทเอดินบะระ”
  • Turkish: “Edinburgh Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Единбурзький замок”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ ایڈنبرا”
  • Uzbek: “Edinburg qal’asi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Edinburgh”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caeredin”

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