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Royal Mile Come Asse Centrale, Essi Non Si Trovano All'esatto Opposto Uno Dall'altro Mappa ideata e creata da Beatrice Roat w www.nelcuoredellascozia.com w E w di n . bur n Ca gh e s l tle c u 1 o r e d e l l a s c o z i a . c o Castle Esplanade m CASTLE HILL CASTLE WYND STEPS WITCHES WELL 2 4 CANNONBALL HOUSE RAMSEY GARDEN 3 OLD DISTILLERY CLOSE CAMERA OBSCURA BOSWELL'S COURT SKINNERS CLOSE TOLBOOTH KIRK (THE HUB) SEMPLE'S CLOSE JOLLIE'S CLOSE er pip JOHNSTON TERRACE LAWNMARKET MILNE'S CLOSE 5 RIDDEL'S CLOSE JAMES CLOSE 6 FISHER'S CLOSE GLADSTONE'S LAND 8 BUCHANAN CLOSE LADY STAIR'S CLOSE 9 7 BRODIE'S CLOSE WARDROP'S CLOSE GEORGE IV BRIDGE BANK STREET r ipe p STATUA DI DAVID HUME 10 THE WELLHEADS 11 PARLIAMENT SQUARE ST GILES STREET ST GILES CATHEDRAL HIGH STREET 13 MERCAT CROSS BYRE' CLOSE MERCAT CROSS ADVOCATE CLOSE 12 OLD FISHMARKET CLOSE WRITER'S & WARRISTON'S CLOSE BORTHWICK'S CLOSE MARY KING'S COSE 14 OLD ASSEMBLY CLOSE CRAIG'S CLOSE COVENANTS CLOSE ANCHOR CLOSE BURNET'S CLOSE NORTH FOULI'S CLOSE BELL'S WYND OLD STAMP OFFICE CLOSE NEW ASSEMBLY CLOSE LYON'S CLOSE 15 STEVENLAW'S CLOSE JACKSON'S CLOSE FLESHMARKET CLOSE SOUTH BRIDGE NORTH BRIDGE w DICKSON'S CLOSE CARUBBER'S CLOSE w w . CANT'S CLOSE BISHOP'S CLOSE n e l c MELROSE CLOSE NORTH GRAY'S CLOSE u o r e d e l l a BLACKFRIAR'S STREET s c o z i a . c MORRISON'S CLOSE o m TODDRICK'S WYND BAILIE FYFE'S CLOSE SOUTH GRAY'S CLOSE PAISLEY CLOSE 16 19 HYNDFORD'S CLOSE CHALMER'S CLOSE FOUNTAIN CLOSE MONTEITH'S CLOSE 20 TWEEDALE COURT TRUNK'S CLOSE 17 MOUBRAY HOUSE E 18 JOHN KNOX HOUSE 21 WORLD'S END CLOSE ST MARY'S STREET JEFFREY STREET CANONGATE CRANSTON STREET GULLAN'S CLOSE 24 GIBB'S CLOSE CRANSTON HOUSE 22 PIRRIE'S CLOSE MOROCCO LAND 23 25 CHESSEL'S CLOSE MIDCOMMON CLOSE OLD PLAYHOUSE CLOSE 26 ST. JOHN'S CROSS NEW STREET ST JOHN'S STREET 27 Mappa ideata e creata da Beatrice Roat BIBLE LAND www.nelcuoredellascozia.com 28 MORAY HOUSE GLADSTONE'S COURT SUGARHOUSE CLOSE CANONGATE TOLBOOTH 29 31 HUNTLY HOUSE CANONGATE KIRK 30 THE MUSEUM OF EDINBURGH CANONGATE KIRKYARD 32 BAKEHOUSE CLOSE DUNBAR'S CLOSE 33 WILSON'S COURT PANMURE CLOSE COOPER'S CLOSE LOCHEND CLOSE CRIGHTON'S CLOSE REID'S COURT 34 BULL'S CLOSE CANONGATE MANSE REID'S CLOSE BROWN'S CLOSE VALLENCE'S ENTRY FORSYTH'S CLOSE 35 QUENNSBERRY HOUSE GALLOWAY'S ENTRY 37 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT WHITE HORSE CLOSE 36 GIRTH CROSS 38 HORSE WYND CALTON ROAD ABBEY STRAND THE QUEEN'S GALLERY THE SANCTUARY 39 OUR DYNAMIC HEART QUEEN'S MARY BATH HOUSE 40 Ho lyr P ood a w lace w 41 w . n e l c u o r e d e l l a s c o z i Holyrood Park a . c o m Tutti i close e i luoghi di interesse sono disposti in ordine progressivo su questa mappa tuttavia, tenendo il Royal Mile come asse centrale, essi non si trovano all'esatto opposto uno dall'altro Mappa ideata e creata da Beatrice Roat - www.nelcuoredellascozia.com 1. CASTELLO DI EDIMBURGO Partiamo dalla cima del Royal Mile, dal celebre e famoso Castello. Dall'alto della 2. WITCHES WELL sua roccia di origine vulcanica (detta Castlehill), posizione che lo ha reso inespugnabile nel corso della storia e che è stata abitata sin dal IX secolo, sembra tenere sotto controllo la città. Gli edifici che lo compongono risalgono al XVI secolo e al suo interno si trovano il National War Museum of Scotland e gli splendenti Gioielli della Corona di Scozia assieme alla celebre Stone of Destiny. La spaziosa piazza antistante al castello si chiama "Castle Esplanade" e rappresenta l'estemità occidentale del Royal Mile. Appena fuori dalla Castle Esplanande, sulla sinistra, sulla parete occidentale della "The Tartan Weaving Mill" si trova questa fontana commemorativa in ferro che ricorda il luogo in cui più di 300 donne furono bruciate con l'accusa di essere streghe. Castlehill era un luogo molto popolare per questo genere di condanne. 4. CANNONBALL HOUSE La prima casa che vedete alla vostra destra appena fuori dalla Castle 3. RAMSEY GARDEN Esplanade si chiama Cannonball House perchè, sopra una delle finestre sulla parete occidentale, è conficcata una palla di cannone. Ci Questo complesso di edifici si nota già dai Princess Street Gardens per sono due ipotesi sulla sua origine: la prima è che sia stata sparata dal il suo colore e la moltitudine di tetti e abbaini ammassati uno sull’altro. castello in direzione di Holyrood Palace che ospitava il Bonnie Prince Progettati nel 1893 dall’architetto Sir Patrick Geddes per accogliere Charlie durante la sua rivolta giacobita; la seconda e più plausibile è studenti, quelli di Ramsey Garden sono oggi tra gli appartamenti più che sia stata messa per segnare l'altitudine sul livello del mare dei desiderabili e prestigiosi di Edimburgo. bacini sulle colline circostanti che rifornivano la città di acqua dolce. L'edificio che si trova di fronte, il Tartan Weawing Mill, serviva m certamente da cisterna per la Old Town. o c . a i 6. JAMES COURT z o James Court risale al 1725 e prende il nome dal suo c s costruttore, James Brownhill. In questi edifici vissero molte a l l persone importanti e benestanti, tra cui il famoso filosofo David e d Hume e James Boswell che assieme a Samuel Johnson e r scrisse nel 1775 l'opera A Journey to the Western Islands of o u Scotland. Gli edifici furono rasi al suolo per un incendio e c l e ricostruiti nel 1857. Questo cortile ha tre entrate consecutive sul n . RT Royal Mile. w COU LNE 'S n di w Y Tow 5. M ta nella Old aper w ima piazza ecolo. esenta la pr e nel XVII s Court rappr obert Myln Mylne's struita da R si vedono gettata e co gli altri che burgo, pro i demoliti e oggi Edim no stati ogg o come all hi edifici so i Edimburg lcuni vecc 'Università d A staurati dall sono stati re enti. tutt'oggi per gli stud Gladstone Land è un perfetto esempio di un antico edificio storico della Old Town di Edimburgo: fu acquistato da Thomas Gledstanes, un ricco mercante di stoffa, che lo ampliò nel 1620 affittando i lussiosi appartamenti a famiglie benestanti. E' a tutti gli effetti uno degli edifici più vecchi del Royal Mile. Nel 1934 l'edificio fu salvato 7. BRODIE'S CLOSE dalla demolizione, restaurato e aperto ai visitatori sotto la tutela del National Trust for Scotland. Gled Questo close prende il nome da Deacon in scozzese significa falco ed ecco svelato il William Brodie, uno deipersonaggi più infami motivo del rapace dorato che si può notare sopra della storia di Edimburgo, rispettabilissimo gentiluomo gli archi al piano terra.. di giorno e ladro e scassinatore di notte. William nacque qui, nella casa di famiglia, nel 1741 e seguì le orme del padre, un diacono, 8. GLADSTONE'S LAND dopo la cui morte ereditò un ricco patrimonio in denaro e immobili. 9. LADY STAIR'S CLOSE 11. PARLIAMENT SQUARE, Questo è davvero un bell'angolino del Royal Mile! Imboccando il Lady PARLIAMENT HOUSE, LAW COURT Stair's Close si arriva in una piazzetta spaziosa dove sorge la Lady Stair's e ST GILES CATHEDRAL House, l'edificio che oggi ospita il Writer Museum, museo che racconta la vita e le opere dei tre grandi autori scozzesi Robert Burns, Walter Scott e Robert Louis Stevenson. La casa fu costruita nel 1622 da Sir William Gray of Pittendrum e comperata nel 1719 dalla vedova di John Dalrymple, Primo Conte di Stair, da cui il nome dell'edificio. Nel 1641 venne costruita in questa piazza la Parliament House, che venne usata dal Parlamento Scozzese fino all'Atto di Unione (con l'Inghilterra) avvenuto nel 1707. Nella piazza si trova anche il Tribunale e, per terra, si può notare l'Heart of Midlothian, un mosaico a forma di cuore che segna il punto dove sorgevano le carceri cittadine. Oggi i passanti vi sputano in segno di scaramanzia! La St.Giles Cathedral domina il profilo della piazza. 12. ADVOCATE'S CLOSE Quello di Advocate Close è uno degli scorci più conosciuti del Royal 10. THE WELLHEADS Mile, non c'è dubbio: l'arco del passaggio forma una cornice attraverso Di fronte alla statua di David Hume si trova la Wellheads, una dei tanti la quale svetta in lontananza lo Scott Monument, nei Princes Street blocchi di pietra che si incontrano lungo il Royal Mile. Da qui, migliaia di Gardens. Costruito nel 1544 ha ospitato residenti illustri, tra cui pittori, cittadini potevano avere accesso all'acqua potabile. Dutante i mesi artisti e perfino Regine! Il vicolo, con le sue scale strette e ripide, prende estivi e in situazioni di carenza, l'acqua veniva razionata: i cittadini il nome da Sir James Stewart Goodtrees, un avvocato scozzese. potevano usare la fonte solo tra mezzanotte e le 3 del mattino. Queste m fontane erano un luogo di ritrovo molto popolare in città. o c . a i z o c s 14. MARY KINGS CLOSE a l l Questo close ospita una delle molte strade sotteranee e che furono costruite durante la modernizzazione della d e r Old Town. Si crede che il nome di questo vicolo sia legato al o u proprietario e avvocato di Mary Stuart, Alexander King, la cui figlia si c l chiamava anch'ella Mary.
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