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St Margaret’s Chapel

St Margaret's Chapel, in , is the oldest surviving building in , . An example of Romanesque architecture, it is a category A listed building.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: chapel in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
  • Also known as: “Edinburgh Castle, St Margaret’s Chapel”, “St Margaret’s”, “St Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh”, “St Margaret’s, Edinburgh Castle”, and “St. Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh”
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Castle Rock.

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Peak
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is a volcanic plug in the middle of upon which sits. The rock is estimated to have formed some 350 million years ago during the early Carboniferous period.

Art gallery
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The National is the national art gallery of . It is located on in central , close to . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. is situated 1,200 feet northeast of St Margaret’s Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauriston and Old Town.

Neighborhood
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is an area of central , , and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of and the , and north of public park.

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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 major road junction to the south west of the city centre of , which takes its name from a local historical land area. It lies between the more affluent area of and the .

St Margaret’s Chapel

Latitude
55.9487° or 55° 56′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.2001° or 3° 12′ 0″ west
Height
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9C7RWQXX+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41299985
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q2061784
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“St Margaret’s Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Մարգարիտի մատուռ”
  • Catalan: “Capella de Santa Margalida”
  • Chinese: “圣玛格丽特礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “聖瑪格麗特禮拜堂”
  • Dutch: “St Margaret’s Chapel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه مارجريت”
  • French: “chapelle Sainte-Marguerite d’Édimbourg”
  • French: “Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite d’Édimbourg”
  • German: “St Margaret’s Chapel”
  • German: “St. Margaret’s Chapel”
  • Italian: “Saint Margaret’s Chapel”
  • Italian: “St. Margaret’s Chapel”
  • Japanese: “セント・マーガレット教会堂”
  • Russian: “Капелла Святой Маргариты”
  • Russian: “Часовня Святой Маргариты”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de Santa Margarita”

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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 “St Margaret’s Chapel”. Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.