West End (Édimbourg)

West End, (en gaélique écossais : An Ceann Siar) est un quartier du centre de la capitale écossaise, Édimbourg. En 1995, l'UNESCO a déclaré une grande partie du quartier site du patrimoine mondial, avec la Vieille Ville et la New Town, bien que cela ne soit pas indiqué dans le titre.

1. Quartier

Si la vieille ville d'Édimbourg est le centre historique et la nouvelle ville d'Édimbourg le centre économique, le West End est une sorte de centre culturel de la ville, car il abrite de nombreux lieux artistiques, notamment le Théâtre Royal Lyceum, l’Edinburgh Filmhouse, la salle de concert Usher Hall, l’Edinburgh International Conference Centre et la Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art avec ses deux sites - le Modern One et le Modern Two. Le quartier est l’un des plus riches d’Édimbourg et comprend un grand nombre des rues les plus chères de la capitale écossaise. De nombreux pays ont leurs consulats dans le West End et l’Église épiscopale écossaise y a son siège à la cathédrale épiscopalienne Sainte-Marie.

1. Site du patrimoine mondial

La partie nord du quartier de West End se trouve dans le site du patrimoine mondial de la ville d'Édimbourg. En conséquence, ce quartier de la ville possède une belle architecture, principalement caractérisée par d'élégantes maisons mitoyennes de style architectural géorgien.

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West End, Edinburgh

The West End is an affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, which along with the rest of the New Town and Old Town forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area boasts several of the city's hotels, restaurants, independent shops, offices and arts venues, including the Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh International Conference Centre and the Caledonian Hotel. The area also hosts art festivals and crafts fairs. Built as a western expansion of the New Town, the northern part of the West End sits on the Water of Leith river and forms part of Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site. The West End is contiguous with the rest of the New Town and is accordingly included in the New Town Conservation Area. The conservation area contains many buildings of great architectural beauty, primarily long rows and crescents of Georgian terraced houses. The West End also incorporates many of the New Town Gardens, a heritage designation since 2001. The district is one of Edinburgh's most affluent areas, and includes many of the most expensive streets in Scotland's capital. Many nations have their consulates in the West End. The Scottish Episcopal Church has its headquarters, Forbes House, in the district and the official residence of the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is also located here. The West End district is immediately west of the rest of the New Town, and also the Old Town. It is bordered to the north by the Stockbridge, Dean Village, and Ravelston districts, Tollcross and Fountainbridge districts to the south, and West Coates, Haymarket and Murrayfield to the West.

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St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly known as St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the West End of Edinburgh, Scotland; part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Its foundation stone was laid in Palmerston Place on 21 May 1874 by the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The building was consecrated on 30 October 1879. St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral is the mother church of all Scottish Episcopal churches in the Edinburgh diocese, which stretches from the Firth of Forth down to the English border. There are seven dioceses in Scotland. St Mary's is the see of the Bishop of Edinburgh, one of the seven bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The cathedral was designed in a Victorian Gothic revival style by architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. It has attained Category A listed building status, and is part of the Old Town and New Town of Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The cathedral is one of only three in the United Kingdom that feature three spires, the other two being Lichfield and Truro cathedrals. The main spire is 90 metres (295 ft) tall, making the building the tallest in the Edinburgh urban area. The Song School and the Chapter House were also added in years following consecration - the Chapter house in 1880. The two west spires - ‘Barbara’ and ‘Mary’ - were completed in 1917.

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Haymarket, Edinburgh

Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat, Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the west of the city centre and is the junction of several main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads south-west to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading west to the M8 and the M9 for Stirling and the north), and Shandwick Place (leading east to Princes Street and the city centre). Haymarket contains a number of pubs, cafés and restaurants.

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Edinburgh International Conference Centre

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St Mary's Music School

St Mary's Music School is a music school in Scotland in the West End of Edinburgh, for children aged 9 to 19 and is also the Choir School of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. The school, which is non-denominational, provides education for children with a special talent in music, and is Scotland's only full-time independent specialist music school. In 2023, the school had 64 pupils from many different backgrounds coming from all parts of Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad.

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