Holyrood
Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude. Holyrood includes the following sites:…- Neighborhood
- …is also known as “Holyrood, Edinburgh”
- Description: area in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scottish Parliament Building and Holyrood Abbey.
Scottish Parliament Building
The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the…
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dynamic Earth
Dynamic Earth is a not-for-profit visitor attraction…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumbiedykes and Abbeyhill.
Dumbiedykes
Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Westfield St James Quarter
Westfield St James Quarter is a large galleria retail…
Holyrood
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Latitude
55.95155° or 55° 57′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.17509° or 3° 10′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR2F+JX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Holyrood” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوليرود”
- Armenian: “Հոլիռուդ”
- Basque: “Holyrood”
- Catalan: “Barri de Holyrood”
- Chinese: “荷里路德”
- Chinese: “霍利鲁德”
- Dutch: “Holyrood”
- French: “Holyrood”
- Galician: “Holyrood”
- German: “Holyrood”
- Greek: “Χόλυρουντ (Εδιμβούργο)”
- Greek: “Χόλυρουντ”
- Hebrew: “הולירוד”
- Icelandic: “Holyrood”
- Indonesian: “Holyrood”
- Irish: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Italian: “Holyrood”
- Japanese: “ホリールード”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Holyrood”
- Norwegian: “Holyrood”
- Scots: “Halyruid”
- Scots: “Holyrood”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Holyrood”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh an Ròid”
- Slovak: “Holyrood”
- Slovenian: “Holyrood”
- Turkish: “Holyrood, Edinburgh”
- Turkish: “Holyrood”
- Urdu: “ہولی روڈ، ایڈنبرا”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garden and MSP Building.
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