Diverse City Culture

City residential house of the end of the 18th, beginning of the 19th century. By the middle of the 18th century Edinburgh, which is bounded by city walls, is overcrowded. The decision is made to build a new city to the north of the existing one. In the New Town of Edinburgh, full of the most preserved Georgian-style residential buildings.
In 1972, it became the property of the National Fund of Scotland, and the foundation decided to recreate the house as it was when the first tenants, the family of John Lamont. There are no guided tours around the house, but every room has a caretaker who can answer any questions from visitors.

The cathedral is the main temple of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, it was named after the patron saint of lepers and the maimed. The temple has a massive and gloomy architecture, but elegant Victorian stained-glass windows adorn the main facade. Inside the cathedral there is the Chapel of the Thistle, where the initiation into the members of the order of the same name takes place.
In the cathedral you can see the graves of quite famous personalities, such as the Marquis of Montrose, Robert Louis Stevenson and others.