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Parent topics
- Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. [e]
- Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]
Subtopics
- Holyrood Abbey: Augustinian Abbey in Edinburgh; built in 1128, now a ruin.
- Holyrood Park: Owned by the British monarch, 650 acres of open land within Edinburgh, containing Arthur's Seat.
- Queens Gallery: Edinburgh Gallery that exhibits art from the collection of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Arthur's Seat [r]: The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh. [e]
- Mary, Queen of Scots [r]: (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1857) Mary Stuart (or Stewart), Queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60); forced to flee to England after a rebellion among Scottish nobles, she was finally beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne. [e]
- James VII and II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World Heritage site [r]: A place included in a list maintained by the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO with the aim of cataloguing sites of particular natural or cultural importance to the whole of mankind. [e]
- Scottish National Party [r]: Left-leaning party which campaigns for an independent Scotland outside the UK; founded 1934 and formed a minority administration in the Scottish Parliament (2007-2011), then a majority government (since May 2011). [e]
- Scottish Parliament [r]: Legislative body of Scotland, having authority over many aspects of Scottish political life including Health and Education; re-created by the Act of Devolution 1997. [e]