Mercat Cross

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Mercat Cross

market cross, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Edinburgh
The Old Town
…for that purpose, faces the Mercat Cross (Market Cross), the hub of the old city. Before James VI left Scotland and its capital to claim the throne of England as James I in 1603, the Mercat Cross was, in a very real sense, the centre of the kingdom of Scotland.…
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…for that purpose, faces the Mercat Cross (Market Cross), the hub of the old city. Before James VI left Scotland and its capital to claim the throne of England as James I in 1603, the Mercat Cross was, in a very real sense, the centre of the kingdom of Scotland.…
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