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Named after the 20th-century physicist and former university principal, Appleton Tower on Crichton Street was erected in 1966 as part of the University of Edinburgh’s remodelling of George Square. Supplanting the original Georgian buildings, the scheme also incorporated Robert Matthew’s David Hume Tower and a library by Sir Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson.

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Drivers on Lothian Buses routes 2 and 22, from Gyle and Edinburgh Park into the city centre, have in recent years been guided along the Fastlink busway. Based on similar schemes in Essen, Adelaide, Leeds and Crawley, the busway between South Gyle Access and Stenhouse Drive is designed to speed up journey times into Edinburgh, avoiding traffic and bypassing roundabouts.

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The Old Town is something of a centrepiece for the Scottish capital’s tourist industry. Its medieval streets with their characteristic tenements, some dating from 17th century, are considered among the most elegant in Britain.

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Devolution in 1999 brought to Edinburgh, for the first time since the Treaty of Union in 1707, a parliament able to make decisions concerning matters such as education, health and prisons within Scotland.

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The St James Centre was completed in 1973 as part of a scheme replacing a Georgian square in Edinburgh’s New Town. St James Square was originally laid out by James Craig in the late 18th century. But by 1965, its buildings had so deteriorated that the Scotland Office and Edinburgh city corporation gave the go-ahead for the area to be cleared and redeveloped, leaving only St Mary’s Cathedral.

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