George Street - Izeria

George Street est une rue de la New Town d'Édimbourg en Écosse. Elle rejoint Princes Street au sud et Queen Street au nord. Elle a été planifiée par l'architecte James Craig qui a construit la New Town d'Édimbourg. Elle relie St Andrew Square à Charlotte Square et tient son nom du roi George III.

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Plusieurs statues importantes bordent la rue, commémorant Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), William Pitt (1759-1806), le roi George IV (1762-1830) et James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). Les bâtiments remarquables de George Street comprennent les églises St Andrew et St George, les Assembly Rooms, The Dome et le siège des bureaux de l'Église d'Écosse. La rue était initialement une zone résidentielle mais serait devenue depuis, selon un article de l'Edinburgh Evening News paru en 2013, le plus prestigieux quartier commercial de la ville.

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George Street, Edinburgh

George Street is the central thoroughfare of the First New Town of Edinburgh, planned in the 18th century by James Craig. The street takes its name from King George III and connects St Andrew Square in the east with Charlotte Square in the west. It is located on the north side of the Old Town of Edinburgh, to the north of the Princes Street and to the south of Queen Street, running straight along the high point of a ridge. George Street, as first proposed in 1767 and initially built, was a residential area. However in the Victorian period the houses were replaced by shops, showrooms, banks, small department stores and hotels. A number of the grander of these buildings were designed by the prominent Victorian architect David Bryce, who lived in the street. George Street in the 21st century remains essentially a Victorian townscape, but the use of many of the commercial buildings has changed to restaurants, coffee shops and bars, with many high quality clothes shops.

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The Assembly Rooms are meeting halls in central Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally solely a meeting place for social gatherings, it is now also used as an arts venue and for public events, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Hogmanay celebrations. There are four rooms, with moveable chairs or tables, that are used year-round and are available for private functions: Music Hall, Ballroom, Supper Room and Edinburgh Suite. The total meeting space, as remodeled in 2012, covers 4,600 m2 (50,000 sq ft). The building is protected as a category A listed building as "an outstanding example of the late 18th century public building, continuing its original use".

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Rose Street

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Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh

Freemasons' Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the headquarters of Scottish Freemasonry, the Grand Lodge of Scotland. It is located at 96 George Street. A Category A listed building, the hall was built during 1911–1912 and was designed by the Edinburgh architect Alexander Hunter Crawford. Crawford was himself a prominent freemason, and the hall is described as his most important work. The four-storey building also features a museum of masonic treasures and fhe facade features a large statue of St Andrew, by the sculptor Henry Snell Gamley. The building replaced a previous hall erected in 1858, designed by David Bryce.

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