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Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens
Unknown, 1902, Photograph
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Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens
Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens
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1947
Title
Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens
Description
Edinburgh Castle sits above the National Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy and Princes Street Gardens. The tree lined Garden has pathways cutting through the grass lawns. A stone stairway with quatrefoils carved into the central section leads to a gravel pathway. Boxes containing shrubs are along the edge of the path. The National Gallery is a neoclassical building with ionic columns.
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.
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Unknown
Date
1902
Size
14.7 x 19.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh Castle is perhaps the city's most famous landmark. It stands on top of the remaining core of an extinct volcano. Excavations suggest the site was inhabited by Bronze Age man as early as 900 BC, and was fortified by Iron Age man roughly 2000 years ago. The oldest part of the present day Castle is St Margaret's Chapel, built in the early 12th century. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.
The National Gallery is situated at the foot of the Mound immediately behind the Royal Scottish Academy. W. H. Playfair was the architect for both buildings. It houses Scotland's largest and most important collection of paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance through to the late 19th century. The building is now linked underground to the Royal Scottish Academy.
Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens were established on the site of the Nor' Loch which was drained during the 18th century.
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