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Edinburgh from Calton Hill
Thompson, Dr. Gordon I., 1960, Photograph
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Edinburgh from Calton Hill
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23971
Title
Edinburgh from Calton Hill
Description
Black and white image of a view down a hill over a city landscape of apartment buildings, tenements and industrial chimneys. In the foreground a man can be seen walking along a path, downhill, while a young boy attempts to scale a stone wall.
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Thompson, Dr. Gordon I.
Date
1960
Size
8.0 x 13.3 cm
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Photograph
Calton Hill is situated at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh. It rises to a height of 108 metres and is another of the city's hills created by volcanic activity. Several monuments stand on the hill. Most prominent amongst these are the Nelson Monument, built in the shape of a telescope, and the unfinished National Monument, modelled on the Parthenon in Athens.
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