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Vor 5 Tagen · Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its centre near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, an arm of the North Sea that thrusts westward into the Scottish Lowlands. The city and its immediate surroundings constitute an independent council area.
Vor einem Tag · History Early history Robert Rollock, Regent (1583–1586) and first principal (1586–1599) of the University of Edinburgh In 1557, Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney made a will containing an endowment of 8,000 merks to build a college in Edinburgh. Unusually for his time, Reid's vision included the teaching of rhetoric and poetry, alongside more traditional subjects such as ...
- 1583; 440 years ago
- 41,250 (2021/22)
- Tounis College, King James' College
Vor einem Tag · Durch den Act of Union, dem 1707 die Parlamente in London und Edinburgh zustimmten, wurden die Königreiche Schottland und England zum Königreich Großbritannien vereinigt. Dieses stieg im 18. Jahrhundert zu einer globalen Seemacht auf und schuf das Britische Imperium, das zahlreiche Überseekolonien in Nordamerika, Afrika und Asien umfasste.
Vor 3 Tagen · The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠl̪ˠəmɪtʲ nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]; Scots: Scots Pairlament) [1] [2] [3] is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood. [4]
Vor einem Tag · Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal ...
Vor 5 Tagen · University of Edinburgh, coeducational, privately controlled institution of higher education at Edinburgh, one of the most noted of Scotland’s universities. It was founded in 1583 as “the Town’s College” under Presbyterian auspices by the Edinburgh town council under a charter granted in 1582 by.
Vor 4 Tagen · The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation that was founded in 1670 as a physic garden. Today it occupies four sites across Scotland, in Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore, each with its own special collections.
