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Arthur's Seat [r]: The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh. ^[e]
Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse [r]: An official residence of the monarch, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^[e]
John Knox House [r]: 15th century town house in Edinburgh, it displays exhibits about John Knox. ^[e]
Greyfriars Bobby [r]: Nineteenth-century Syke Terrier in Edinburgh, Scotland who became famous for keeping vigil by his master's grave every day (barring extreme weather) for fourteen years. ^[e]
Greyfriars Kirk [r]: Now 'Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk', is a parish kirk (church) of the Church of Scotland and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Edinburgh outside the Old Town, built between 1602 and c.1620. ^[e]
Scottish Parliament [r]: Legislative body of Scotland, having authority over many aspects of Scottish political life including Health and Education; re-created by the Act of Devolution 1997. ^[e]
The Forth Bridge [r]: Cantilever railway bridge, built in 1883-1890, that connects Edinburgh to Fife ^[e]
Royal Mile [r]: The streets in Edinburgh's Old Town that run from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. ^[e]
University of Edinburgh [r]: Founded in 1582, one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. ^[e]
Auld Reekie [r]: Old nickname for Edinburgh, Scotland, meaning old smokey. ^[e]

The Edinburgh Phrenological Society [r]: Established in 1820, became the leading phrenological society of the U.K. and established Edinburgh as a major centre of phrenology in the 19th century. ^[e]
The Royal Society of Edinburgh [r]: Scotland's National Academy of Science & Letters; created in 1783 by Royal Charter for “the advancement of learning and useful knowledge.” ^[e]
The Edinburgh Mathematical Society [r]: Founded in 1883 for "the mutual improvement of its members in the Mathematical Sciences, pure and applied." ^[e]
The Old Edinburgh Club [r]: Local history society, founded in 1908 with the aim of recording the vanishing evidence of Edinburgh's history, its buildings and its past inhabitants. ^[e]
The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society [r]: The oldest continuing Society of its kind, founded in 1890. ^[e]
The Edinburgh Geological Society [r]: Founded in 1834 with the aim of stimulating public interest in geology and the advancement of geological knowledge. ^[e]
Edinburgh Free Thinkers' Zetetic Society [r]: Formed in 1820 to provide support for the republican and freethinking publisher Richard Carlile and his family after Carlile had been imprisoned for blasphemy. ^[e],

Thomas Aikenhead [r]: The last person to be executed for blasphemy in the UK. ^[e]
John Knox [r]: Scottish clergyman (1514-1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation and founder of Scottish Presbyterianism. ^[e]
William Brodie [r]: (1741 - 1788) Respectable Edinburgh citizen who led a gang of burglars and died on a gallows that he himself had designed. ^[e]
William Burke [r]: (1792 - 1829) Prisoner hanged in Edinburgh's Lawnmarket in 1829 for his role in the West Port Murders. ^[e]
Mary, Queen of Scots [r]: (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1857) Mary Stuart (or Stewart), Queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60); forced to flee to England after a rebellion among Scottish nobles, she was finally beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne. ^[e]
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