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The Best Castles

  • Edinburgh Castle: It is a landmark that symbolizes this city in the way that the Eiffel Tower represents Paris or the Empire State Building exemplifies Manhattan. Begun around A.D. 1000 at the highest point of a narrow ridge, it is a natural fortress, with only one easy approach. The castle has witnessed some of the bloodiest and most treacherous events in Scottish history. Today it is home to the crown jewels and the famous stone of Scone on which ancient Scottish royalty was crowned.

  • Palace of Holyroodhouse: At the opposite end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile from the Castle, Holyrood has housed an assortment of monarchs involved in traumatic events. Highlights of the palace are the oldest surviving section, King James Tower, where Mary Queen of Scots lived on the second floor. The building's present form largely dates from the late 1600s, when it was rebuilt in a dignified neo-Palladian style, and the pile remains an official residence for British royalty.


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