Makars’ Court

Makars' Court is a courtyard in central , Scotland. It forms part of Lady Stair's Close, which connects the with to the north, and is next to the .
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: courtyard in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Makars‘ Court”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Writers’ Museum.

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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 1,500 feet west of Makars’ Court.

Museum
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The , housed within Lady Stair's House in , presents the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.

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 630 feet northwest of Makars’ Court.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Quartermile.

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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
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is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former site, in , . 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.

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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.

Makars’ Court

Latitude
55.94966° or 55° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.19341° or 3° 11′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C7RWRX4+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43367252
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q6738806
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Makars’ Court” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Makars‘ Court”
  • Italian: “Makars‘ Court”
  • Polish: “Makars‘ Court”
  • “Makars‘ Court”

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