ISBN: 0 300 09672 0
The historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church, its Royal Mile leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood; as a
merchant city of the Stuart period with Parliament House and closely built houses and tenements;
as a Georgian town with the largest sequence of planned developments in Britain; as a Victorian
town of churches and banks, hotels and pubs, of quiet suburbs; and as a 20th century city where
the Festival and its Fringe have encouraged the rediscovery of old buildings and the planning of
new ones. A comprehensive gazetteer is provided to all notable developments of central
Edinburgh, the seaport town of Leith and the suburban neighbourhoods.
