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Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
| Site number: | 728 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | 15th century | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1995 | |
| Location: | Europe, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Scotland, Lothian Region | |
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Other languages: Afrikaans, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Dutch Low Saxon, Finnish, Frisian, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian-bokmål, Norwegian-nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Scottish Gaelic, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh
| Description: | Since the 15th century, Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital. Its two distinct areas are the Old Town, which is dominated by a medieval fortress, and the neoclassical New Town, whose progress as of the 18th century had a broad influence on urban planning in much of Europe. The city holds a unique character through the harmonious juxtaposition of these two distinct historic areas, each boasting numerous eminent buildings. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| The Old Town of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has preserved its medieval plan and many Reformation-era buildings. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/728 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |