SCOTLAND

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EDINBURGH

Although the Scottish capital Edinburgh is the largest city in the country , Glasgow ,brings together almost half the population of Scotland in the greater urban area .Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland since 1437 and the second largest city .The city became a great center of Enlightenment thanks to the University of Edinburgh .In the census of 2020,Edinburgh had a total population of 486,120 inhabitants and so it is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom. The town is a popular tourist destination in Europe and is the second tourist town in the United Kingdom, after London.

Places of interest

Arthur's sheat

Craigievar Castle

Glasgow Museum

The Battle of Culloden

HISTORY

Scotland was first decisively settled after the end of the last glacial period (in the paleolithic), roughly 10,000 years ago. Prehistoric Scotland entered the Neolithic about 4000 BC, the Bronze Age about 2000 BC, and the Iron Age around 700 BC. The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, the Roman province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall, which once ran from the Clyde to the Forth. To the north lay the territory of Caledonia, whose people were described as "Picti" in Latin, meaning ‘painted ones’. Due to constant incursions from these Picti the Roman legions would be forced back to Hadrian's Wall within 20 years of its construction, and forced to abandon the territory by the beginning of the 3rd century.

The map!

The climate of Scotland is temperate oceanic , generally volatile. Influenced by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic so has milder winters but cooler and more humid summers compared whit other regions at the same latitude as Oslo or Moscow. However there are lower temperatures compared to the rest of the United Kingdom. Scotland forms the northern part of the island of Great Britain . To the south it borders only with England , while the western coast bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern shores of the North Sea.

TRADITIONAL COSTUMES

There are various kinds of traditional costumes in Scotland. One of these is the kilt which is colored striped. Each stripe have a different color representing the color of each tribe of Scotland.

Kilts!!!

Music

The Scottish music is a significant part of Scottish culture, integrating traditional and modern elements. Traditional musical instrument of Scotland is bagpipes and the violin and accordion, used in Scottish Country Western bands usually music, which was the basis for the development of country music in the United States by immigrants who brought their music from their original homeland.

GOLF

Golf in Scotland was first recorded in the 15th century, and the modern game of golf was first developed and established in the country. The game plays a key role in the national sporting consciousness. GolfIs the most famous and the traditional sport Scotland. It is Played with a lot of ways in lots of different types of courts.

Scotland’s coin!

Scotland's type of money Pound is the official type of money in U.K. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling. In most countries of the world the issue of banknotes is handled exclusively by a single central bank or government, but in the United Kingdom seven retail banks have the right to print their own banknotes in addition to the Bank of England; sterling banknote issue is thus not automatically tied in with one national identity or the activity of the state. The arrangements in the UK are unusual, but comparable systems are used in Hong Kong and Macao, where three and two banks respectively issue their own banknotes in addition to their respective governments.

FOOD!!

One of the most famous dishes in the Scottish cuisine is haggis, neaps and tatties. Scottish cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with Scotland. It has distinctive attributes and recipes of its own, but shares much with wider British and European cuisine as a result of local and foreign influences, both ancient and modern. Traditional Scottish dishes exist alongside international foodstuffs brought about by migration.

Haggis, neaps and tatties

WHISKYScotch whisky, often simply called Scotch, is malt whisky or grain whisky made in Scotland. Scotch whisky must be made in a manner specified by law.All Scotch whisky was originally made from malt barley. Commercial distilleries began introducing whisky made from wheat and rye in the late 18th century. Scotch whisky is into five distinct categories: single malt Scotch whisky, single grain Scotch whisky, blended malt Scotch whisky ,blended grain Scotch whisky, and blended Scotch whisky.

Churches!

The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation.The Church of Scotland traces its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity is principally shaped by the Reformation of 1560. Its current pledged membership is about 9% of the Scottish population—though according to the 2011 national census, 32% of the Scottish population claim some form of allegiance to it.

The Explorers

Theodora , Nikki , Christiana , Zacharias