Pictures of the Scottish Parliament Building

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The gallery contains photos of the Scottish Parliament taken from various vantage points and at different times of the day and year. Click on the thumbnails to see larger sized photographs of the Scottish Parliament. The picture size on average is 80kb.

All photos are also available as large and very large, high resolution images which are suitable for use in printed materials. If you would like to use one of the Edinburgh pictures available on this website please get in touch.

See the bottom of the page for links to more information about visiting the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh's most controversial and uniquely architectural building.

Photo of the Scottish Parliament building from Salisbury Crags
View of the front side of the parliament building
Stone carvings on the north side of the parliament
View of the front side of the parliament building from the foot of the Royal Mile
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More Scottish Parliament information:

Photos of the Scottish Parliament building Pictures of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.

Attraction details - Parliament at Holyrood Scottish Parliament building tourist information including opening times, contact details, etc.

Scottish Parliament on the web Links to other web pages related to the Parliament.

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Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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