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Encyclopedia > Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street Gardens is in Edinburgh, Scotland in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle which was once the sewage system, called the Nor' Loch, for the city who's population lived in what modern times would call "highrise" flats (apartments). "Gardez-loo" or "gardez-l'eau" was to be yelled before throwing out the window your "bucket of nastiness". Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Edinburgh Castle and NorLoch, around 1780 by Alexander Nasmyth Edinburgh Castle, an ancient stronghold on the Castle Rock in the centre of the city of Edinburgh, has been in use by assorted military forces since prehistoric times and only transferred from the Ministry of Defence recently. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ...


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Princes Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (308 words)
Princes Street was originally to be named St. Giles Street after the patron saint of the City of Edinburgh.
Also on the street's south side, as well as the gardens, are the Royal Scottish Academy and the National Gallery of Scotland at the foot of The Mound, Waverley station and the Balmoral Hotel.
Princes Street is the name of the southern end of Dunedin's main street (north of the city centre it becomes George Street).
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