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Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in , . 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
  • Address: Castlehill, Edinburgh, EH1 2NG
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Margaret’s Chapel and Castle Rock.

Church
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in , . An example of Romanesque architecture, it is a category A listed building.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a volcanic plug in the middle of upon which Edinburgh Castle sits. The rock is estimated to have formed some 350 million years ago during the early Carboniferous period.

Museum
Photo: Stefan2901, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a museum dedicated to warfare, which is located inside Edinburgh Castle in , Scotland. Opened in 1933 in a converted 18th-century ordnance storehouse, the museum is run by National Museums Scotland and covers 400 years of Scotland at war from the 17th century through permanent exhibits and special exhibitions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauriston and Old Town.

Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of central , , and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of Edinburgh Castle and the , and north of public park.

Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

Suburb
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is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of , which takes its name from a local historical land area. It lies between the more affluent area of and the .

Edinburgh Castle

Latitude
55.94868° or 55° 56′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.2004° or 3° 12′ 1″ west
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Open location code
9C7RWQXX+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4301292
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
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: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Basque: “Edinburgheko gaztelua”
  • Basque: “Edinburgoko 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: “Chateau d’Edimbourg”
  • French: “Château d’Edimbourg”
  • 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: “エジンバラ城”
  • 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 Bokmål: “Edinburgh slott”
  • Norwegian: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Persian: “دژ ادینبرو”
  • Persian: “دژ ادینبورو”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Edynburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Edimburgo”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de edinburgh”
  • Portuguese: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Pushto: “د اډېنبوګ کلا”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Edinburgh”
  • Russian: “Кастл-Рок”
  • Russian: “Эдинбургский замок”
  • Scots: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Dhùn Éideann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Dhùn Èideann”
  • Serbian: “Dvorac Edinburg”
  • Serbian: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Serbian: “Дворац Единбург”
  • Serbian: “Единбуршки замак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Edinburški zamak”
  • Slovenian: “edinburški grad”
  • Slovenian: “Edinburški grad”
  • Slovenian: “grad Edinburg”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Edinburg”
  • Slovenian: “grad Edinburgh”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Edimburgo”
  • Swahili: “Boma la Edinburgh”
  • Swedish: “Edinburgh Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทเอดินบะระ”
  • Turkish: “Edinburgh Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Edinburgh Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Единбурзький замок”
  • Ukrainian: “Едінбурзький замок”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ ایڈنبرا”
  • Uzbek: “Edinburg qal’asi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Edinburgh”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caeredin”

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