St Mary’s Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in , Scotland.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Edinburgh, 4 Broughton Street, St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral”, “St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh”, “St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral (RC)”, “St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh”, and “St. Mary’s Cathedral”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Calton Hill and Edinburgh Castle.

Park
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is a hill in central , , situated beyond the east end of and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. is situated 1,200 feet east of St Mary’s Cathedral.

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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 3,700 feet southwest of St Mary’s Cathedral.

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 1,200 feet west of St Mary’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broughton and Bellevue.

Suburb
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is an area of , . was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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.

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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.

St Mary’s Cathedral

Latitude
55.95601° or 55° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.18788° or 3° 11′ 16″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q519072
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“St Mary’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “聖瑪利亞主教座堂”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Mariakathedraal (Edinburgh, rooms-katholiek)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Mariakathedraal”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Sankta Maria ĉe Edinburgo”
  • French: “Cathédrale catholique romaine Sainte-Marie d’Édimbourg”
  • French: “cathédrale Sainte-Marie”
  • German: “St. Mary’s Cathedral”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Edinburgh”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santa Maria, Edinburgh (Katolik Roma)”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Nostra Signora dell’Assunzione”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Santa Maria”
  • Latvian: “Edinburgas katoļu katedrāle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mariakatedralen (Edinburgh)”
  • Norwegian: “Mariakatedralen”
  • Polish: “Archikatedra Najświętszej Maryi Panny Wniebowziętej w Edynburgu”
  • Polish: “Katedra Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Edynburgu”
  • Russian: “Католический собор Святой Марии”
  • Russian: “Метропольный собор Вознесения Девы Марии”
  • Russian: “Собор Святой Марии”
  • Scots: “St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh”
  • Scots: “St Mary’s Cathedral”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Maria de la Asuncion de Edimburgo”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana de Santa María de la Asunción de Edimburgo”
  • Swedish: “Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh”
  • Turkish: “St.Mary Katedrali”

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