What is New Town, Edinburgh?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site |WHS=New Town, Edinburgh |Criteria={{UNESCO WHS type|(ii)(iv)}}(ii)(iv) |ID=728 |caption=Edinburgh's New Town, viewed from [[Edinburgh Castle]] |Coordinates={{coord|55|57|22.49|N|3|11|56.14|W|display=title, inline|format=dms}} |image=Edinburgh New Town from Edinburgh Castle.jpg |Location=[[Edinburgh]], Scotland |Part_of=[[Old Town, Edinburgh|Old]] and New Towns of [[Edinburgh]] |Year=1995 }} The '''New Town''' is in the central area in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC - History - British History in depth: The Rise of Edinburgh|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/scotland_edinburgh_01.shtml|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref> Together with the [[Old Town, Edinburgh|Old Town]], it became a [[UNESCO]] [[List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom|World Heritage Site]] in 1995. It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850. It kept much of its original [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] and [[George V|Georgian]] period architecture. It is most famous for Princes Street. It faces the [[Edinburgh Castle]] and the [[Old town|Old Town]]. {{Wide image|Edinburgh New Town Panorama.jpg|600px|Edinburgh's New Town, viewed from [[Edinburgh Castle]]. [[Princes Street]] and the Princes Street Gardens are visible in the foreground.|alt=Edinburgh's New Town, viewed from Edinburgh Castle. Princes Street and the Princes Street Gardens are visible in the foreground.}} == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://ewh.org.uk/world-heritage-sites/new-town/ Edinburgh World Heritage''/'' New Town] {{World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom}} {{WHSite}} [[Category:Edinburgh]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom]] {{UK-stub}}