High Court of Justiciary

High Court of Justiciary is a courthouse in , which is located on Lawnmarket. High Court of Justiciary is situated nearby to the work of art , as well as near the government office .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Giles’ Cathedral and Edinburgh Castle.

Church
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St Giles' Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is one of three cathedrals in , . The existing building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the addition of the Thistle Chapel. is situated 340 feet east of High Court of Justiciary.

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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 1,700 feet west of High Court of Justiciary.

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 760 feet northwest of High Court of Justiciary.

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.

High Court of Justiciary

Latitude
55.94982° or 55° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.19241° or 3° 11′ 33″ west
Levels
5
Open location code
9C7RWRX5+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 69907227
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­courthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
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In Other Languages

“High Court of Justiciary” goes by many names.
  • Korean: “고등법원”

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