A street fight outside Moray House in the Canongate, Edinburgh shortly after it was built in 1625. King James I supposedly remarked on the Scots fondness for a fight. At the time the Canongate with open spaces was a popular place for an aristocratic townhouse. In 1643 the house passed to the Countess of Moray and the building adopted the name it still has today.

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Size: 4566px × 3090px
Location: Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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