Assembly Rooms

The Assembly Rooms are meeting halls in central , Scotland. Originally solely a meeting place for social gatherings, it is now also used as an arts venue and for public events, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Hogmanay celebrations.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, Edinburgh”
  • Address: 54 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.

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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 1,600 feet south of Assembly Rooms.

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 940 feet southeast of Assembly Rooms.

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The is a Victorian Gothic to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the in Havana. is situated 1,100 feet east of Assembly Rooms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Old Town.

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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.

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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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The , also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the . Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.

Assembly Rooms

Latitude
55.95284° or 55° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
-3.1986° or 3° 11′ 55″ west
Levels
3
Open location code
9C7RXR32+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88210696
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4808669
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