Holyrood Palace
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, also known as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood has served as the principal royal residence in Scotland since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining.
- Type: Monument
- Description: official residence of the British monarch in Scotland
- Also known as: “Edinburgh, Holyrood Palace”, “Holirud”, “Holirudhaus”, “Holirudhaus sarayı”, “Holyrood palace”, “Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh”, “Holyroodhouse”, “Palacio de Holyroodhouse”, “Palácio de Holyroodhouse”, “Pazo de Holyrood”, “Дворец Холирудхаус”, “Холируд”, “Холирудхаус”, “Холірудський палац”, “ארמון בית הולירוד”, “کاخ هولی روود”, “홀리루드 궁”, “홀리루드하우스 궁전”, and “ホリールードハウス宮殿”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Holyrood Abbey and Scottish Parliament Building.
Scottish Parliament Building
Government building
King’s Gallery
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holyrood and Abbeyhill.
Holyrood Palace
- Categories: official residence, palace, country house, and Residence of the British Royal Family
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95255° or 55° 57′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.17201° or 3° 10′ 19″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Open location code
9C7RXR3H+25
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Holyrood Palace” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Holyrood-paleis”
- Arabic: “قصر هوليرود”
- Armenian: “Հոլիռուդհաուզ”
- Azerbaijani: “Holirud sarayı”
- Basque: “Holyrood jauregia”
- Breton: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Catalan: “Holyrood House”
- Chinese: “荷里路德宮”
- Chinese: “霍利鲁德宫”
- Cornish: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Czech: “Holyrood”
- Czech: “Zámek Holyrood”
- Danish: “Holyrood Palace”
- Dutch: “Palace of Holyroodhouse”
- Esperanto: “Palaco Holyrood”
- Estonian: “Holyroodi palee”
- Finnish: “Holyroodin palatsi”
- French: “palais de Holyrood”
- French: “Palais de Holyrood”
- Galician: “Palacio de Holyrood”
- Georgian: “ჰოლირუდის სასახლე”
- German: “Holyrood Palace”
- Greek: “Ανάκτορο του Χόλιρουντ”
- Hebrew: “ארמון הולירוד”
- Hindi: “होलीरूड महल”
- Hungarian: “Holyroodhouse-palota”
- Indonesian: “Istana Holyrood”
- Irish: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Italian: “Palazzo di Holyrood”
- Japanese: “ホリールード宮殿”
- Kazakh: “Холируд сарайы”
- Korean: “홀리루드 궁전”
- Kurdish: “holyood palace”
- Macedonian: “Холирудски дворец”
- Malay: “Istana Holyrood”
- Maltese: “Palazz ta‘ Holyrood”
- Manx: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Holyrood Palace”
- Norwegian: “Holyrood Palace”
- Persian: “کاخ هولیرود”
- Persian: “کاخ هولیروود”
- Polish: “Pałac Holyrood”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Holyrood”
- Romanian: “Palatul Holyrood”
- Russian: “Холирудский дворец”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Holyrood Palace”
- Slovenian: “holyroodska palača”
- Slovenian: “Palača Holyroodhouse”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Holyrood”
- Swedish: “Palace of Holyroodhouse”
- Thai: “พระราชวังฮอลีรูด”
- Turkish: “Holyrood Sarayı”
- Ukrainian: “Голірудгауз”
- Ukrainian: “Голірудхаус”
- Urdu: “ہولیروڈ محل”
- Welsh: “Palas Holyrood”
- Western Frisian: “Paleis Holyroodhouse”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Calton and Canongate.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Clarinda’s Tearoom and Dreamhouse Apartments Edinburgh Holyrood Park.
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