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Mary King's Close

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Mary King's Close est une ruelle située dans le cœur historique d'Édimbourg, en Écosse. Elle est située dans la vieille ville d'Édimbourg, près de Royal Mile. Le nom de cette ruelle provient de Mary King, une marchande bourgeoise qui y résidait au XVIIe siècle. Cet endroit a été démoli afin de réaliser un nouveau bâtiment. Ce lieu a été inaccessible au public mais a été rouvert au public en 2003.
Il existe des légendes urbaines (histoires de hantises et de meurtres) à son propos.

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Selon plusieurs légendes, Mary King's Close aurait la réputation d'être hantée depuis le XVIIe siècle. Le biogaz aurait pu s'échapper et créer des lumières étranges, ce qui aurait pu être la cause de ces rumeurs. Ce gaz aurait aussi pu être la cause d'hallucinations…

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Writers' Museum

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Lady Stair's House

Lady Stair's House is a 17th-century townhouse in Lady Stair's Close, off the Lawnmarket, in Edinburgh's Old Town. It now houses the Writers' Museum, dedicated to the lives and works of various Scottish literary greats. The house was built in 1622 for Sir William Gray of Pittendrum and his wife Giles (née Smith). A lintel above the door bears the date of construction and the initials WG and GS, along with a coat of arms and the motto "feare the Lord and depart from evill". It was previously known as Lady Gray's House, Giles having resided there for several years after her husband's death. The present name derives from Elizabeth Dalrymple, Dowager Countess of Stair, who acquired the house in 1719. It remained in the possession of the Dalrymple family until 1765, after which it passed through the hands of a succession of owners. In 1895, at the suggestion of the town planner and preservationist Patrick Geddes, it was purchased by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, a descendant of the original occupants. Rosebery commissioned the architect George Shaw Aitken to conduct a thorough restoration of the building, and presented it to the city of Edinburgh in 1907. Since then it has been used as a museum, first of civic history and then of literary history. It was designated a Category A listed building in 1970.
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Lady Stair's Close

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Gladstone's Land

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General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland

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