Princes Street

Princes Street
the main street in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the princes who were sons of King George III. On its north side it has shops and restaurants and on its south side there are large sloping gardens. Also on the south side is the Scott Monument, a very large Gothic structure built in 1840–4 in memory of Sir Walter Scott.

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