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Edinburgh Festival Theatre

The Edinburgh Festival Theatre is a performing arts venue located on Nicolson Street in , Scotland. It is used primarily for performances of opera and ballet, large-scale musical events, and touring groups.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Empire Palace Theatre”, “Empire Theatre”, and “Festival Theatre”
  • Address: 13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Scotland and Edinburgh Castle.

Museum
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The in , Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. is situated 650 feet west of Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

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is a historic castle in , . 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 2,900 feet west of Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

Library
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The is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom. As well as a public programme of exhibitions, events, workshops, and tours, the has reading rooms where visitors can access the collections. is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guse Dub and Old Town.

Locality
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is a locality.

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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".

Suburb
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is a residential area in the centre of , . It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by .

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Latitude
55.94657° or 55° 56′ 48″ north
Longitude
-3.18648° or 3° 11′ 11″ west
Open location code
9C7RWRW7+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26564861
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3047596
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Uzbek—“Edinburgh Festival Theatre” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “愛丁堡節日劇院”
  • Czech: “Festival Theatre”
  • Dutch: “Edinburgh Festival Theatre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح ادينبورج فيستيڤال”
  • French: “Edinburgh Festival Theatre”
  • French: “Théâtre du festival d’Édimbourg”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון הפסטיבל של אדינבורו”
  • Japanese: “エンパイア・シアター”
  • Slovak: “Festival Theatre”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Festival de Edimburgo”
  • Uzbek: “Edinburg teatri”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Studio and Spirit of Scotland.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Edinburgh Festival Theatre”. Photo: Globaltraveller, CC BY-SA 3.0.