Castle floodlit for Festival of Music and Drama

Category

Library Item

Item no

40807

Title

Castle floodlit for Festival of Music and Drama

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1949

Size

28.9 x 38.0 cm

Type

Photograph; Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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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Events > Festivals > Edinburgh International Festival

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