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The Old Town is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland`s capital city of Edinburgh. Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of Edinburgh Old Town is Scotland, United Kingdom Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Old Town is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland`s capital city of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Cityscape View from a House Window, with George Eliot School in the Background - Scotland Royalty Free Stock Photo

The area has preserved much of its medieval street plan and many Reformation-era buildings. Together with the 18th/19th-century New Town, it forms part of a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Royal Mile is a name coined in the early 20th century for the main street of the Old Town which runs on a downwards slope from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey. Narrow closes alleyways often no more than a few feet wide, lead steeply downhill to both north and south of the main spine which runs west to east.