About The Real Mary King's Close
Heritage background, architectural provenance & visitor guide
Edinburgh's Preserved Underground Street
The Real Mary King's Close is a historic underground warren of streets and tenements buried beneath the Edinburgh City Chambers. Guided by character actors in period dress, visitors discover how residents lived, worked, and fought plague in 17th-century Edinburgh.
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