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View of North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle
MacLean, Kevin, 2007, Digital image
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View of North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle
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Title
View of Old Calton Burial Ground, Princes Street, North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle
Description
A view over central Edinburgh with many famous city landmarks. The Old Calton Burial Ground and the Governor's House of the Calton Gaol can be seen in the foreground. Behind them the North Bridge towers over Waverley Station. Edinburgh Castle presides over the Old Town to its left and the New Town on the right.
Artist / maker
MacLean, Kevin
Date
2007
Size
25.4 x 19 cm
Type
Digital image
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by Rory Bremner, Satirical Impressionist - "This iconic view from Calton Hill lays out Edinburgh's history before you: from St Giles' Cathedral and the cheek-by-jowl tenements of the old town to William Playfair's grand National Gallery at the foot of the Mound and the northern fringes of James Craig's New Town. And above it all, brooding and majestic, the Castle" Rory Bremner.
The main part of the Old Calton Burial Ground stands immediately to south of Waterloo Place. The cemetery was bisected by the construction of that road in 1820, and the bodies disturbed by the work were moved to a new site a little way to the east. The Old Calton Burial Ground has several notable structures within it. The Emancipation Monument stands in memory of those Scottish-American soldiers fought for the Union during the American Civil War. There is also a monument to the celebrated philosopher David Hume. A large obelisk stands as a monument to those radical reformers, including Thomas Muir, who were tried, convicted and deported for sedition in 1793. In the wake of the French and American Revolutions Muir and his associates had been active in a widespread movement for political and social reform in Britain. The movement attracted alarm and extreme sanction from both the political establishment and conservative elements in society.
Princes Street is one of the main thoroughfares and shopping areas in Edinburgh. It was created as part of James Craig's New Town development and named in honour of George III's sons. With the exception of St John's Church there is no building on the southern side of Princes Street, allowing spectacular views of Edinburgh Castle and Old Town.
The original North Bridge was completed in 1772 to provide access from Edinburgh's Old Town to the planned New Town development in the north of the city. It was widened in the 1870's to accommodate increased traffic, and was finally rebuilt between 1894-7 alongside the development at Waverley. Mid way along the bridge there is a memorial to men of the King's Own Scottish Borderers killed in the Boer War. Its even gradient was designed to make it suitable for tramcars.
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.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
Juxtaposition of the Old and New Towns
Edinburgh Past and Present
Contemporary Edinburgh in Photographs
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