The Capital Building

The Capital Building is a building in , . The Capital Building is situated nearby to the restaurant , as well as near the garden .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scott Monument and Edinburgh Castle.

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The is a Victorian Gothic to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the in Havana. is situated 550 feet southeast of The Capital Building.

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is a historic castle in , Scotland. 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. is situated 2,200 feet southwest of The Capital Building.

Art gallery
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, . Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. is situated 650 feet north of The Capital Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Old Town.

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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.

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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
is a district of , the capital of . It lies to the south east of , west of Leith Walk and south of , incorporating the easternmost extent of Edinburgh's UNESCO heritage site.

The Capital Building

Latitude
55.95375° or 55° 57′ 14″ north
Longitude
-3.19437° or 3° 11′ 40″ west
Levels
6
Open location code
9C7RXR34+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 188190501
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
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