text: St Leonards Land is very well known to students of the University of Edinburgh It has a swimming pool and is home to a gym and other sporting facilities It offers good rates for membership as well nnHowever what most students will not know is that when this building originally opened in the s the main gym hall was described by one commentator as a NeoFascist gymnasium on the south side of Holyrood Road its flights of steps a test of fitness Now some students might have these thoughts when they are taking exams in the large halls in the building but this was certainly not my first thoughts when I saw this building nnThe building is one of the more modern ones in this area and is situated right across from the Moray House School of Education campus It is only a five minute walk from George Square campus as well