Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying in the shadow of . The Gardens were created in the 1820s following the long draining of the Nor Loch and building of the , beginning in the 1760s.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.

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.

Art gallery
The National is the national art gallery of . It is located on in central , close to . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.

Square
is an artificial slope and road in central , Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's and . It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into Nor Loch, which was drained in 1765 and forms today's Princes Street Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Old Town.

of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

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".

Neighborhood
The , also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the . Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.

Princes Street Gardens

Latitude
55.95198° or 55° 57′ 7″ north
Longitude
-3.19718° or 3° 11′ 50″ west
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
9C7RXR23+Q4
Geo­Names ID
11071573
Wiki­data ID
Q980646
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Princes Street Gardens” goes by many names.
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  • Chinese: 王子大街花園
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  • Scots: Princes Street Gairdens
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scottish National Gallery and Princes Street Garden.

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