Relief Map
Relief Map is in Edinburgh, Scotland. Relief Map is situated nearby to the square The Mound, as well as near the art gallery Royal Scottish Academy Building.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scottish National Gallery and Edinburgh Castle.
Scottish National Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, 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. Edinburgh Castle is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Relief Map.
The Mound
Square
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mound is an artificial slope and road in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. 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 Old Town and New Town.
Old Town
Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. 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".
New Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town 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.
Quartermile
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.
Relief Map
- Type: Map
- Inscription: “Presented to the city of edinburgh by the staff of marks & spencer, edinburgh in 1984 to mark the company’s centenary. This relief was crafted to enable people with impaired vision to enjoy the grandeur of the city.”
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95142° or 55° 57′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.19537° or 3° 11′ 43″ westInception
1984Open location code
9C7RXR23+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5331191656OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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