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    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and home to around one-fourth of Scotland's population. It has a long history dating back to the 7th century. The city is known for its many universities and cultural festivals, including being home to the largest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edinburgh hosts numerous museums, libraries, and art galleries that house important national collections. It is especially renowned for its cultural scene centered around the various festivals that take place each summer.

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    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and home to around one-fourth of Scotland's population. It has a long history dating back to the 7th century. The city is known for its many universities and cultural festivals, including being home to the largest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edinburgh hosts numerous museums, libraries, and art galleries that house important national collections. It is especially renowned for its cultural scene centered around the various festivals that take place each summer.

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    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and home to around one-fourth of Scotland's population. It has a long history dating back to the 7th century. The city is known for its many universities and cultural festivals, including being home to the largest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edinburgh hosts numerous museums, libraries, and art galleries that house important national collections. It is especially renowned for its cultural scene centered around the various festivals that take place each summer.

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    Edinburgh

    Edinburgh is the capital and second most populous city in Scotland, it is situated on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth in the Lothian region, the city dates back to earlier than the 7th century. The population was 482,640 as of 20 2, with an esti!ated urban population of 8 7,800, !aking it ho!e to around ".4# of $cotland%s population. The University of Edinburghis one of four uni&ersities located in Edinburgh, it is ranked a!ong the world%s top 20 uni&ersities, !aking the city a $cottish acade!ic hub.

    Museums, libraries and galleries


    Edinburgh has !any !useu!s and libraries, so!e of which are national institutions. These include the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, National War Museum of Scotland, the Museum of Edinburgh and the Museum of Childhood. Edinburgh Zoo, co&ering 82 acres '(( ha ) on *orstorphine +ill, is the second !ost popular paid tourist attraction in $cotland, and currently ho!e to two giant pandas, Tian Tian and ,ang -uang, on loan fro! the .eople%s /epublic of *hina. Edinburgh contains $cotland%s fi&e National alleries as well as nu!erous s!aller galleries. The national collection is housed in the National allery of Scotland, located on the 0ound, and now linked to the !oyal Scottish "cademy, which holds regular !a1or e2hibitions of painting. *onte!porary collections are shown in the Scottish National allery of Modern "rt, and the nearby #ean allery. The Scottish National $ortrait alleryfocuses on portraits and photography. The council3owned *ity 4rt *entre shows regular art e2hibitions. 4cross the road, The Fruitmar%et alleryoffers world class e2hibitions of conte!porary art, featuring work by 5ritish and international artists with both e!erging and established international reputations. There are !any pri&ate galleries, including &ngleby allery, the latter pro&iding a &aried progra!!e including shows by Callum &nnes, $eter Liversidge,Ells'orth (elly, /ichard 6orster, and Sean Scully. The city hosts se&eral of $cotland%s galleries and organisations dedicated to conte!porary &isual art. $ignificant strands of this infrastructure include7 The Scottish "rts Council, Edinburgh College of "rt, )albot !ice allery '8ni&ersity of Edinburgh) and the Edinburgh "nnuale.

    Cultural
    The city hosts the annual Edinburgh &nternational Festival, which is one of !any e&ents running fro! the end of 9uly until early $epte!ber each year. The best3known of these e&ents are the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh &nternational Festival, Edinburgh Military )attoo and the Edinburgh &nternational *oo% Festival.+,-./ The longest established of these festi&als is the Edinburgh :nternational 6esti&al, which was first held in ;47+,-0/ and centres on a progra!!e of high3profile theatre productions and classical !usic perfor!ances, featuring international directors, conductors, theatre co!panies and orchestras.+,-1/ This has since been o&ertaken both in si<e and popularity by the Edinburgh 6ringe which began as a progra!!e of !arginal acts alongside the =official= 6esti&al to beco!e the largest perfor!ing arts festi&al in the world. :n 2006, 867 different shows were staged in 26 &enues throughout the city.+,-2/*o!edy has beco!e one of the !ainstays of the 6ringe, with nu!erous notable co!edians getting their first %break% here, often by recei&ing theEdinburgh Comedy "'ard.+,-3/ :n 2008 the largest co!edy &enues =on the 6ringe= launched the Edinburgh Comedy Festival as a festi&al within a festi&al. 4longside these !a1or festi&als, there is also the Edinburgh 4rt 6esti&al, Edinburgh &nternational Film Festival '!o&ed to 9une as of 2008), the Edinburgh 9a<< and 5lues 6esti&al, and the Edinburgh :nternational 5ook 6esti&al. )he Edge Festival 'for!erly known as T on the 6ringe), a popular !usic offshoot of the 6ringe, began in 2000, replacing the s!aller 6lu2 and .lanet .op series of shows.+,-4/ The Edinburgh Military )attoo, one of the centrepieces of the =official= 6esti&al, occupies the *astle Esplanade e&ery night, with !assed pipers and !ilitary bands drawn fro! around the world. .erfor!ances end with a short fireworks display. 4s well as the &arious su!!er festi&als there is also

    theEdinburgh &nternational Science Festival held annually in 4pril. :t is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.+,56/

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