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Auld Toun, Edinburgh

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Auld an New Touns o Edinburgh
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
leukin doun The Royal Mile wi Tron Kirk in view
CriteriaCultural: ii, iv
Reference728
Inscription1995 (19th Session)
Map o the ceety centre, shawin the Auld Toun (daurk broun), New Toun (mid broun), an the West End (orange), wi the Warld Heritage Steid indicatit bi the reid line

The Auld Toun o Edinburgh (Inglis: Old Town), the caipital o Scotland, is the auldest pairt o the ceety. Thegither wi the 18t-century New Toun, it is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. It haes preservit its medieval plan an mony Reformation-era biggin.

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Travel guide tae Auld Toun, Edinburgh frae Wikivoyage

Coordinates: 55°56′51″N 3°11′30″W / 55.947572°N 3.191631°W / 55.947572; -3.191631