sc0303; ephemera; illustration; engraving; Edinburgh; John Knox; manse; High Street; Royal Mile; religious; religion; history; historical; reformer; Scottish; preacher; Scotland; Jenny Geddes; stool; High Kirk; St Giles Cathedral; church; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; sc0303
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Edinburgh: Looking down the High Street section of the Royal Mile towards Holyrood House. This illustration of 1911 could be mistaken for the present day, were it not for the dress of the pedestrians. sc0303 bk0077 p311
d8325; streetscape; Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; Royal Mile; High Street; Lawnmarket; Old Town; St Giles Cathedral; High Kirk; cars; people; buildings; churches; historic; Firth of Forth; estuary; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; d8325; MSLS523
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Looking eastwards down the Royal Mile from the top of the Camera Obscura, just below the Castle, towards Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Assembly. The crowned tower of St Giles Cathedral (The High Kirk of Edinburgh) rises up in the foreground, whilst, away on the horizon, along the shoreline of the Firth of Forth, the geological outlier that is Berwick Law looms like a volcanic cone.
d8330c; St Giles Cathedral, High Street Edinburgh, Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; High Kirk, Church, crowned tower, Architecture, Royal Mile, John Knox, Frank Gorny, Craigowl; d8330c
d8238; St Giles Cathedral, High Street Edinburgh, Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; High Kirk, Church, crowned tower, Architecture, Royal Mile, John Knox, Frank Gorny, Craigowl; d8238
d8309; St Giles Cathedral, High Street Edinburgh, Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; High Kirk, Church, crowned tower, Architecture, Royal Mile, John Knox, Frank Gorny, Craigowl; d8309
d8336; St Giles Cathedral, High Street Edinburgh, Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; High Kirk, Church, crowned tower, Architecture, Royal Mile, John Knox, Frank Gorny, Craigowl; d8336
d8304; St Giles Cathedral, High Street Edinburgh, Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; High Kirk, Church, crowned tower, Architecture, Royal Mile, John Knox, Frank Gorny, Craigowl; d8304
Thistle; flowering; buds; flowers; grass; trees; bushes; green; Princes Street Gardens; Edinburgh; Royal Mile; Bank of Scotland; Mound; Old Town; High Street; Assembly Halls; Church of Scotland; Hub; Spire; Church; Ramsay Gardens; heritage
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Flowering thistles in front of the Historic Royal Mile
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Church of Scotland; Presbyterian; Parliament Square; travel; sights; landmarks; High Kirk; history; historical; statue; statues; Royal Mile; architecture; buildings; summer; autumn; protestant; faith; religion; ecclesiastical; St Giles'; St Giles; cathedral; cathedrals; church; churches; details; Win Douglas; John Knox; Jon Mitchell; sculpture
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 10 Sep 2010 -- Two statues of Win Douglas and John Knox on the Western facade of St Giles Cathederal on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. This historical church is one of the most important for the Presbytarians of the Church of Scotland also known as the High Kirk -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto. co.uk
St Giles; Cathedral; Church of Scotland; Royal Mile; High Street; Edinburgh; Scotland; religious; night; light; illuminated; rain; wet; pavement; reflection; Adam Smith; monument; reflection; Castle; streetscape
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Reflections on the wet pavement of Edinburgh's Royal Mile
St Giles Cathedral, Mercat Cross, people, groups, waiting, night tours, flood lit, night, High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, Church of Scotland
St Giles Cathedral, Mercat Cross, people, groups, waiting, night tours, flood lit, night, High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, Church of Scotland
Edinburgh; Scotland; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe; High Street; Royal Mile; High; Street; Royal; Mile; actor; actress; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; African-American; black; woman; women; young women; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; holding; sign; signs; poster; posters; selling tickets; all ages; performer; women of color; woman of color; smiling; looking at camera; facing camera; Streetscape; African; American; African American; city; urban; Kat Francois; UK; United Kingdom; 2007; busy; crowded; tourist; tourists; Old Town; Old; Town; Lothian; horizontal
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EDINBURGH- AUG. 6: Actress Kat Francois from "Seven Times Me" on High Street - the Royal Mile at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Edinburgh; Scotland; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe; High Street; Royal Mile; High; Street; Royal; Mile; actor; actress; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; African-American; black; woman; women; young women; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; holding; sign; signs; poster; posters; selling tickets; all ages; performer; women of color; woman of color; smiling; looking at camera; facing camera; Streetscape; African; American; African American; city; urban; Kat Francois; UK; United Kingdom; 2007; busy; crowded; tourist; tourists; Old Town; Old; Town; Lothian; buildings; architecture; copy space; copy; space; young adult; adult; young adults; young adults; vertical
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Edinburgh - Aug. 6: Actress Kat Francois from "Seven Times Me" on the Royal Mile at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007. Cobblestone street, row houses with multiple chimneys and the corner of a traditional red phone box are seen behind.
actor; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; Royal Mile; High Street; High; Street; Royal; Mile; Edinburgh; Scotland; Old Town; Old; Town; UK; United Kingdom; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe; stilts; wings; sunglasses; young; man; woman; young man; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; funny; silly; humorous; all ages; event; events; festivals; in costume; costumed; wearing; costume; wearing costume; Architecture; Streetscape; Tron Kirk Clock Tower; Tron Kirk Clocktower; Tron Kirk; Clock Tower; Tron; Kirk; Clock; Tower; Clocktower; Streetscapes; city; urban; buildings; architecture; tall; "The Absinthe Monologues"; The; Absinthe; Monologues; Subway
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Actor from "The Absinthe Monologues" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on High Street along the Royal Mile wearing stilts and wings. Buildings along the High Street including the Tron Kirk Clock Tower in the background. Other photos of this performer in this series. The Edinburgh Fringe, which takes place every August, is billed as the largest arts festival in the world. Edinburgh's population doubles during the Festival Fringe. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
actor; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; standing out from the crowd; Royal Mile; High Street; High; Street; Royal; Mile; Edinburgh; Scotland; UK; United Kingdom; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; standing out; stand out; attention; stilts; wings; sunglasses; man; young man; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; funny; silly; humorous; all ages; getting noticed; getting; noticed; noticing; attention-grabbing; event; events; festivals; in costume; costumed; wearing; costume; wearing costume; Architecture; Streetscape; Tron Kirk Clock Tower; Tron Kirk Clocktower; Tron Kirk; Clock Tower; Tron; Kirk; Clock; Tower; Clocktower; Streetscapes; city; stand; standing; out; from; the; crowd; Royal Mile; Royal; Mile; buildings; architecture; street performer; performer; man; male; boy; male; humor; humour; humourous; humorous; thumbs up; thumbs; up; stilt walker; Old Town; Old; Town; crowded; busy street; busy
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Actor from "The Absinthe Monologues" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe walks along High Street - the Royal Mile wearing stilts and wings. Buildings along High Street include the Tron Kirk Clock Tower in the background. Boy (left foreground) gives a thumbs up. Other photos of this performer in this series. The Edinburgh Fringe, which takes place every August, is billed as the largest arts festival in the world. Edinburgh's population doubles during the Festival Fringe. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Sunrise; Bank of Scotland; Mound; High street; Royal Mile; Assembly; Edinburgh; Scotland; sky; skyline; flags; clouds; morning; beginning; autumn; ending
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Autumnal sky over Edinburgh, looking south from Princes Street
Adam Smith; statue; Economics; Father of Modern Economics; Mercat Cross; St Giles; Cathedral; Church of Scotland; night; snow; Royal Mile; High Street; Edinburgh; Scotland
Scotland, Edinburgh, vertical, Royal Mile, Gothic, church, cathedral, IPSV2671, IPSV1164, historic, attraction; visitor; tourist; British; Scottish; isles; islands; UK; united Kingdom; great Britain; Britain; portrait; high kirk; Presbyterianism; Chapel of the Order of the Thistle ; old town; lothian; tourism; landmark; heritage; old town
Edinburgh; Scotland; United; Kingdom; United Kingdom; UK; crowd; crowds; multiracial; multiracial crowd; large crowd of people; people; cobblestones; cobblestone; cobbled; street; buildings; architecture; shops; stores; traffic; cumulus clouds; blue sky; travel; holiday; 2007; Scottish; city; outdoor; outside; water; firth; downhill; crossing; street; Firth of Forth; Firth; of; Forth; Streetscape; shoppers; shopping; Forth Firth; busy; scenic; copy space; copy; space; Royal Mile; Old Town; Old; Town; Royal; Mile; African; American; African American; Caucasian; Asian; man; woman; men; women
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Crowds explore shops and scenery while traffic travels along cobblestone street. Streetscape looking downhill toward the Firth of Forth. Beautiful blue sky with cumulus clouds. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 18 Sep 2010 -- A group of tourists wait to begin a "Ghost Tour" on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh Scotland UK. Edinburgh is infamous for it's ghosts and macabre past -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
Street performer; Royal Mile; High Street; Street artist; artist; spectator; crowds; people; watching; Edinburgh; Scotland; streetscape
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A street performer taking advantage of the closed High Street to perform, having gathered a crowd around him. Later in the year, in August, with the festival, the street is full of performers. But this performer was attracting bank holiday crowds on a sunny late afternoon
Edinburgh; Scotland; UK; United Kingdom; United; Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Scottish; Streetscape; Architecture; Building; Buildings; Streetscapes; Old Town; Old; Town; Royal Mile; Royal; Mile; street; city; urban; urban scene; street scene; scene; outdoor; outdoors; outside; old; stone buildings; multiple chimneys; chimney; flags; Blue sky; cumulus clouds; stone; multiple; chimneys; Blue; sky; cumulus; clouds; people; crowd; crowds; shops; stores; shoppers; travel; holiday; vacation; Firth of Forth; Firth; of; Forth; New; New Street; Royal Mile; Royal; Mile; busy; crowded; tourist; tourists; Canongate; Lothian; perspective; wide angle view; wide angle; wide; angle; view; wide-angle; vertical; Caucasian; Middle Eastern; Middle; Eastern; headscarf; woman; women; men; man
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EDINBURGH - AUG. 8: View from New Street corner looking down towards the water (the Firth of Forth) along Canongate (part of the Royal Mile) with shoppers and tourists in Edinburgh's Old Town. Old stone buildings with multiple chimneys and flags. Blue sky with cumulus clouds. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Clouds, shapes, patterns, sky, blue, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Ramsay Gardens, Hub, Scotland, trees, Old Town, sky scape
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The movement and shapes of clouds invite the viewer to name them. Beneath the skyscape, the Old Town of Edinburgh, showing the Ramsay Gardens with the spire of a former church and, left of centre, the Assembly Halls of the Church of Scotland and down the Royal Mile
John, Knox, Edinburgh, Mary Queen of Scots, Geneva, Reformation, Wall, Religion, Christianity
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John Knox preaching the Reformation at the Court of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Edinburgh. A bas-relief from the International Reformation Wall in Geneva, Switzerland
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Church of Scotland; Presbyterian; 5th Duke of Buccleuch; Parliament Square; travel; sights; landmarks; High Kirk; history; historical; statue; statues; Royal Mile; architecture; buildings; summer; autumn; protestant; faith; religion; ecclesiastical; St Giles'; St Giles; cathedral; cathedrals; church; Churches; buttress; crown steeple, Edinburgh,
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 10 Sep 2010 -- Western facade of St Giles Cathederal on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. This historical church is one of the most important for the Presbytarians of the Church of Scotland also known as the High Kirk -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto.co.uk
d8224; streetscape; Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; Castle Hill; Royal Mile; High Street; Lawnmarket; Castle Boulevard; castle; Athens of the North; fortification; Half Moon Battery; Camera Obscura; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; d8224; MSLS523
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Church of Scotland; Presbyterian; travel; sights; landmarks; Tron Kirk; history; historical; statue; statues; Royal Mile; architecture; buildings; summer; autumn; protestant; faith; religion; ecclesiastical; kirk; Tron; church; churches; steeple; Jon Mitchell, Edinburgh,
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 10 Sep 2010 -- Western and northern facade of Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto. co.uk
St Andrews, Old Course, Golf, Golfers, caddy, links, golf links, golf course, golf courses, Scotland, Fife, East Neuk, Cathedral, St Rule, St Andrew, St Regulus, chapel, church, place of worship, Scottish Heritage, St Rule's Tower, column, cloister, ruins, tower, John Knox, Knox, Archbishop, story teller, storyteller,
St Andrews, Old Course, Golf, Golfers, caddy, links, golf links, golf course, golf courses, Scotland, Fife, East Neuk, Cathedral, St Rule, St Andrew, St Regulus, chapel, church, place of worship, Scottish Heritage, St Rule's Tower, column, cloister, ruins, tower, John Knox, Knox, Archbishop, story teller, storyteller,
St Andrews, Old Course, Golf, Golfers, caddy, links, golf links, golf course, golf courses, Scotland, Fife, East Neuk, Cathedral, St Rule, St Andrew, St Regulus, chapel, church, place of worship, Scottish Heritage, St Rule's Tower, column, cloister, ruins, tower, John Knox, Knox, Archbishop, story teller, storyteller,
flower; bush; white; white flower; summer; Princes street gardens; park; gardens; High Street; Royal Mile; Ramsay Gardens; Hub; Castlehill; Edinburgh; Scotland; tree; sky; blue
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Flowering bush in the gardens below the Royal Mile