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Edinburgh from Calton Hill
Burns, Archibald, 1868, Photograph
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Edinburgh from Calton Hill
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Title
Edinburgh from Calton Hill
Description
A panoramic view of the Edinburgh skyline with the Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill in the foreground. The monument has a row of columns that encircle an urn on a plinth. Edinburgh Castle and buildings in the Old Town along with Calton cemetery, Princes Street and the Scott Monument are clearly visible.
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Burns, Archibald
Date
1868
Size
10.7 x 16.6 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh in the Stevenson's time was a city of great contrasts. The classically ordered New Town where the author's family resided contrasts sharply with the medieval closes and wynds of the Old Town.
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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