The Chrystal Macmillan Building sits on the northwest corner of George Square. It is distinguished by its role as the primary home of the School of Social and Political Science, a center for interdisciplinary research at the University of…
Old Town Women Pioneers
This self-guided walk leads you through Edinburgh's Old Town and Southside to trace the footsteps of the trailblazing women who transformed medicine, education, and social reform in Scotland. You'll visit the sites of historic protests, medical breakthroughs, and early suffrage campaigns where these pioneers defied the expectations of their eras.
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1. Chrystal Macmillan Building, The University of Edinburgh
2. Surgeons' Hall Museum
The Surgeons' Hall Museum is identifiable by its grand, imposing facade on Nicolson Street, designed by the architect William Henry Playfair and completed in eighteen thirty-two. It houses the headquarters of the Royal College of Surgeons…
3. Old College, The University of Edinburgh
Old College is defined by its massive neoclassical entrance front and a grand central dome that rises above the South Bridge. This structure, which serves as a centerpiece for the University of Edinburgh, is built of ashlar stone with a…
4. St Giles' Cathedral
The most recognizable feature of St Giles' Cathedral is the stone crown spire that pierces the Edinburgh skyline. Supported by eight flying buttresses, the open shape of this spire is modeled on the royal crown of Scotland. While the…
5. 219 High St
The building at two hundred and nineteen High Street is a five-story tenement faced in ashlar, distinguished by the Doric pilasters flanking its ground-floor shopfronts. Its history is tied to the work of Doctor Elsie Inglis, a pioneer of…
6. Canongate Kirkyard
Canongate Kirkyard is identified by the sight of ancient stone monuments huddled around the seventeenth-century Canongate Kirk on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Established in sixteen eighty-eight, this burial ground provided a final resting…