Streets in Edinburgh - Royal Mile, Holyrood Abbey, St Giles' Cathedral, Scottish Parliament Building, Henderson Street (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Royal Mile, Holyrood Abbey, St Giles' Cathedral, Scottish Parliament Building, Henderson Street, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Court of Session, Canongate Churchyard, Moray House School of Education, Holyrood Palace, Regent Terrace, Constitution Street, Princes Street, New College, Edinburgh, The Canongate, Chronicles of the Canongate, West Port, Edinburgh, Trinity College Kirk, Kirk of the Canongate, Mary King's Close, Ramsay Garden, Pleasance, Tron Kirk, Great Junction Street, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, List of closes on the Royal Mile, Leith Walk, Cowgate, Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, Gladstone's Land, General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, Parliament House, Edinburgh, Luckenbooth brooch, George Street, Edinburgh, Multrees Walk, The Hub, Edinburgh, Carrubbers Christian Centre, Heart of Midlothian, Rose Street, Outlook Tower, George IV Bridge, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, Cleanse the Causeway, John Knox House, The Mound, Fleshmarket Close, Augustine United Church, Queensberry House, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Makars' Court, Chambers Street, Scottish Storytelling Centre, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Ferry Road, Museum of Childhood, Museum of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, Lady Stair's Close, Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre. Excerpt: The Scottish Parliament Building (Scottish Gaelic: ) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) held their first debate in the new building on 7 September 2004. The formal opening by Queen Elizabeth took place on 9 October 2004. Enric Miralles, the Catalan architect who designed the building, died before its completion. From 1999 until the opening of the new building in 2004, committee rooms and the debatin...