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The gallery contains photos of Holyrood Palace, Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags. Click on the thumbnails to see larger sized photographs of Holyrood Park and Palace. The picture size on average is 80kb.

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Holyrood Palace at the foot of the Royal Mile Picture of the Royal carriage being prepared for the Golden Jubilee in 2002. Court of the Palace of Holyrood from Salisbury Crags The interior court of the Palace Queen's Gallery where paintings from the late Queen Mother's collection are on display Court of Holyroodhouse Abbey Strand view of Holyrood Palace Replica of Linlithgow Palace fountain Entrance to Holyrood Palace Palace of Holyroodhouse from Salisbury Crags View of the ruins of Holyrood Abbey View of the ruins of Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey from Palace gardens Picture taken at dusk from Holyrood Park looking towards the Castle and the Hub View towards Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags on an early July morning Another view towards the Castle from Salisbury Crags Edinburgh Castle at sunset from Salisbury Crags Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags Edinburgh Castle in the evening Picture of the path up Salisbury Crags and the red colour it gets at sunset Picture taken looking towards the Firth of Forth Outline of Salisbury Crags and the Edinburgh skyline Early morning photo of the Crags and Edinburgh Castle Picture of Salisbury Crags taken from Calton Hill at sunset St Anthony's Chapel in Holyrood Park Edinburgh Castle and the Hub from Holyrood Park One of Salisbury Crags Calton Hill at sunset from the Crags Picture of an amazing sunset in Holyrood Park Another picture of the sunset in Holyrood Park View from the south side of Holyrood Park showing the easy path up Salisbury Crags Outer edge of Salisbury Crags Picture of Arthur's Seat Old Town from Holyrood Calton Hill and the Royal High School Balmoral clock tower and Edinburgh Skyline at sunset Picture of Edinburgh skyline taken on an early July morning Pentland Hills from Holyrood Park Calton Hill at dawn Balmoral Hotel at dawn from the Crags Scottish Parliament, Dynamic Earth and Calton Hill from Holyrood Park Arthur's Seat and the beginning of the easy path up Salisbury Crags Outline of the crags and part of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood

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