Holyrood Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo:Jeff Gilbert

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Scotland's new Parliament sits at the foot of Edinburgh's famous Royal Mile in front of the spectacular Holyrood Park and Salisbury Crags. Constructed from a mixture of steel, oak, and granite, the complex building has been hailed as one of the most innovative designs in Britain today. Drawing inspiration from the surrounding landscape, the flower paintings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the upturned boats on the seashore, Enric Miralles, one of the world's premier architects, developed a design that he said was a building "growing out of the land".

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Size: 4367px × 2911px
Location: Holyrood, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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