Princes Street Gardens is a public park in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the shadow of
Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in the 1820s following the long draining of the Nor Loch
and the creation of the New Town.

Pronounced Edin-bu-rah, It has been the capital of Scotland since 1437 (replacing Scone) and is the
seat of the Scottish Parliament. The city was one of the major centres of the Enlightenment, led by
the University of Edinburgh, gaining the nickname Athens of the North. The Old Town and New Town
districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.