"Edinburgh pipped by Rome and Istanbul in World Heritage league
Published Date: 28 October 2010
By BRIAN FERGUSON
THE historic heart of Edinburgh has been rated the world's fifth best world heritage site.
• Edinburgh was ranked fifth behind: 1 Angkor; 2 Rome; 3 Florence; and 4 Istanbul
Scotland's capital was placed ahead of the Old Towns of Prague, Vienna and Venice, the works of Gaudi in Barcelona and the palace of Westminster in London in a global top ten.
A poll of almost 250,000 world travellers found Edinburgh's Old and New Towns, which won World Heritage status from Unesco in 1995, were the fifth 'most recommended' out of nearly 800 special sites."
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