Guide to Edinburgh

In United Kingdom, Edinburgh is one of the largest city and it is the chief city of Scotland. It's population is nearly 450,000. in 1995 Edinburgh became a UNESCO world heritage site. Edinburgh is also known as the city of festivals. Edinburgh is split in to two division the new town and old town. The old town is settled to the south and the new town is settled to the north and the borders of new town and old town is widely known for it's shopping avenue. Birmingham, Bristol and Belfast are one of Edinburgh's famous local tourist spots. Among the Scotland cities; Edinburgh is an exceptional city. In the heart of the city there are grand structures which varies from churches to monuments which is all overtop by a castle in the city's heart.

Greyfriars Kirk, the first amend church in Edinburgh, consecrate in 1620, accessible to public in 1620, was constructed in the middle of a cemetery that Mary Queen of Scots suggested in 1562 because of insufficient burial space at  St. Giles Cathedral. In 1638 the national covenant, was bestow and indorse to the pulpit. It became a barracks for Cromwell's army in the middle of the 17th century, 1200 covenanters were put to prison in Greyfriars Kirkyard. 1679 the first tower was destroyed when the gunpowder store room was accidentally blaze. A delegate of Greyfriars form a movement for reform worship in the 19th century, and presented the stained glass windows and organs in Scotland. The most famous churchyard belongs to a 19th century policeman name John Gray whose devoted dog a skye terrier, name bobby, stood to his owners graveyard for years.

High Kirk of St. Giles, the origin of Presbyterianism, these is where John Knox preached the reformation. Its attraction is the thistle chapel. It has chairs for 16 knights, a monarch chair and two chairs for the royalty. Its distinct parts is visualize with richness.

Holyrood Abbey, built in 1128 by King David I for the monks of St. Andrews, these monks are Augustinian. It is famous for its King James Tower, which Queen Mary of Scots lived.

St. Cuthbert's Parish Church, these is an important church which emphasize Celtic spirituality. it is like a basilica with. a rounded vault inside the church it has stones that is colored which give a beautiful ambience its beautifying was influence by the renaissance.