Most of the castle's buildings were destroyed during the long siege of Lang Siege in the 16th century, but a few survived the siege.
The charm of Edinburgh lies in its antiquity. Edinburgh Castle became the fortress of the Scottish royal family in the 6th century, more than 200 years before Leeds Castle in England, more than 400 years before Windsor Castle, and even more than 600 years before Heidelberg Castle in Germany. From the meaning of the ancient war, Edinburgh is undoubtedly the strongest and most dangerous and most difficult to attack the fortress.
Edinburgh Castle is built on the top of a 135-meter-high dead volcano, a slope, three cliffs, as long as the castle gate is located in the slope, will be solid as gold, the enemy even if there are thousands of troops, it can not be helped. It is also difficult to match other ancient castles.
Edinburgh Castle most proud of the Scottish people, is the Edinburgh Castle in the political and cultural position. Edinburgh was Scotland's political and cultural center of a country, which is the old castle have never had the position. Therefore, it has experienced many pains and vicissitudes, political and military struggles, so that it is always in the center of the role of the position. Scotland and England's long history of struggle, Edinburgh people showed the strong and unyielding spirit, embodies the spirit of the whole Scottish style.
The history of the Scots is now embodied in the castle's ancient cannons, ramparts, war memorials and museums. It's a true "sword and spear in the vault, horse in the South Mountain". What we can touch and feel in the pursuit of peace and development is the creation and construction of a civilization. This kind of creation and construction, there is a long history and modern, these results make Edinburgh people feel proud.
This is the castle in the Royal Palace (The Royal Palace), the castle as a royal residence when the main live here, so you can see the former royal people live in the room. This castle inside the palace (Palace) has a lot of Scottish treasures, such as the 1540 design of the Scottish crown, with other royal staff, sword and other artifacts are placed in the crown room. These are due to my cell phone mistakenly deleted, did not save, regret.
This was originally a garrison barracks, which was converted into the Scottish National War Memorial after the Castle Garrison was withdrawn in 1923. The building now serves as a memorial to soldiers killed in action during World War II and after 1945. The decorative carvings on the exterior of the memorial represent the 'just war'. Animals in glass and niches represent evil and good. The human figures on the heights of the Crown Plaza represent, from left to right, courage (a man with a sword and shield and wearing chain mail), peace (a woman holding a dove), mercy (a warrior with a child), and justice (represented by a balance and a sword). The image of a phoenix rising above the entrance represents the immortality of the spirit. Inside is the Hall of Honor, which began to be called the Hall of Legions. Here the monumental contributions and dedication of the 12 Scottish legions and other units are recorded. Further on (at the far end) is the Shrine, where the Scottish Roll of Honor - a list of the fallen of the World Wars - is kept in a steel box. A statue of the angel Elder Mike soars overhead. Stained glass and bronze cornices vividly illustrate World War I scenes.
The decorative sculptures on the exterior of the Memorial represent this "just war". The sculptures outside the memorial were created by local artists when the museum was later converted, and each one has a special symbolic meaning. The dancing phoenix above the entrance represents the eternal spirit. Unfortunately, the photos taken inside were not preserved.
To the left of the main entrance is a unicorn carved in stone to represent Scotland, and in the shield is the Scottish flag motif.
On the right side of the gate is a lion carved in stone representing England, and in the shield is the flag of England.
Edinburgh Castle was once a fortress, palace, military fortress and state prison, so the defense is particularly important, and now in the walls of the old castle, you can still see a neatly placed a black ancient cannon, the muzzle of the cannon and the same year the same unanimity of the Firth of Forth Bay River, deducing the ancient defense of the tense atmosphere.
The Mons Mungo Cannon was built in Belgium in 1449, and "Mons" is the name of the town where it was built. One of the earliest military artillery shells in Scotland, the Mons Mungo Cannon represented the state-of-the-art of the military at the time, capable of sending a stone cannonball weighing 150 kilograms over a distance of 3.2 kilometers, and was dedicated to King James II of Scotland by Philip, Duke of Burgundy, in 1457. From then on, the Mons Mungo cannon made its home in Scotland. This ancient blackened cannon has lost its original function in today's peaceful times and can only be displayed as an exhibit.
On Mill's Mount Battery there is an L118 105mm howitzer. Also known as the One O'Clock Gun, it has been firing every day since 1861 (except Sundays) at exactly one o'clock at noon. The gun used to be fired to allow sailors on ships in the Firth of Forth to calibrate their time, but there is no longer a need for this calibration, but the One O'Clock Gun still fires on time, and at the one o'clock hour, the metal ball on the memorial tower on Calton Hill falls down.