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Nelson's Monument commemorates Admiral Lord Nelson's death
and victory over the French & Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar
in 1805.
Nelson's Monument was built in 1816 and has a stairway up
to the top. It's 106 ft high with 143 steps from a base 456 ft
above sea level and has a signal-tower high enough to be
visible to ships at Edinburgh's port, Leith, in the Firth of
Forth.
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A dropping ball on the top pole signalled time to ships.
The time signal was installed at its top in 1852 to enable
ships' captains to set their chronometers accurately. The
time-ball drops at 12pm on weekdays in Winter and 1pm in
Summer coinciding with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One
o'clock Gun.
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The new Scottish Parliament building at
Holyrood,
formally opened on
Saturday 9 October 2004.
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Edinburgh Castle in distance
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The National Monument was designed by
William Henry Playfair, in honour of Scotland's dead in the
Napoleonic wars. Building work began in 1822 but funds ran out
and work on the monument was never to be completed. Initially
the impressive structure was to be a reproduction of the
Parthenon at Athens, but only 12 columns were completed.
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Looking towards the Firth of Forth Bridge
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Monument to Dugald Stewart:
Philosopher (1753-1828)
Born in Edinburgh, he compared the city of
Edinburgh to Athens, giving rise to its soubriquet as the Athens
of the North.
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Old Calton Cemetery opened in 1718
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Old Calton Cemetery:
Life-size statue of President Abraham
Lincoln in memory of five Scotsmen who died in the American
Civil War.
Sergeant Major John McEwan of the 65th
Illinois Volunteer Rifles, Lieutenant Colonel William Duff of
the 2nd Illinois Artillery,
Robert Ferguson of the 57th New York
Infantry Volunteers,
Robert Steedman of the 5th Maine Infantry
Volunteers,
James Wilkie of the 1st Michigan Cavalry.
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View of Calton Hill and Calton Cemetery taken
from the North Bridge.
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The Melville Monument, St Andrew Square:
erected in 1823 in memory of Henry Dundas, the Viscount
Melville (1742-1811), who was otherwise known as the
'Uncrowned King of Scotland'.
Designed by William Burn (1789-1870) and modelled on
Trajan's Column in Rome, the foundations were built with
advice from lighthouse engineer Thomas Stevenson (1818-87),
father of author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94).
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Dome, 14 George Street:
once the headquarters of the Commercial
Bank of Scotland.
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The Head Office of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew
Sq.
The building was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1771.
The equestrian statue in front of the building is of John
Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun. It has an inscription by Sir
Walter Scott.
The Royal Bank of Scotland was set up by Royal Charter on
31 May 1727.
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View of the castle taken from Grassmarket
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West Bow Well at the junction with
Grassmarket
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John Gray arrived in Edinburgh with his family in the
early 1800's. Unable to find work as a gardener he joined the Edinburgh
Police Force as Constable No. 90 Warrant No 1487. One of the conditions of
service was that he should have a watch dog, so he obtained a Skye Terrier
and named him Bobby. After a few years John Gray became ill and was
treated for tuberculosis, he subsequently died on the 15th February 1858.
John Gray was buried in old Greyfriars Churchyard in an
unmarked grave. Bobby was so devoted to his master that he lay on his
grave for 14 years, only leaving for food. Everyday, on hearing the one
o'clock gun, he would go to the local pub (now named in his honour) to be
fed. He kept constant watch and guard until his own death in 1872.
On many occasions the gardener and keeper of Greyfriars
tried to evict Bobby from the Kirkyard but he eventually relented and
provided shelter by placing sacking beneath table stones at the side of
John Gray’s grave.
A new bye-law was passed in 1867 that required all dogs
in the city to be licensed or they would be destroyed. Sir William
Chambers who was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, decided to pay Bobby's
licence and presented him with a collar with a brass inscription
"Greyfriars Bobby from the Lord Provost 1867 licensed".
Baroness Burdett-Coutts was made President of the Ladies
Committee of the RSPCA in 1870. The Baroness was deeply moved by Bobby's
story, so she visited Edinburgh several times during 1871. She requested
and was granted permission by the City Council to erect a fountain with a
statue of Bobby on the pavement near the Kirkyard upon his death.
Bobby couldn't be buried next to his master, so when he
died he was quietly laid to rest in a patch of un-consecrated ground in a
different part of the graveyard.
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"John Gray died 1858
Auld Jock - Master of Greyfriars
Bobby
Even in his ashes most beloved
Erected by American Lovers of Bobby"
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"Greyfriars Bobby
died 14th January 1872 aged 16 years. Let
his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all
Erected by the Dog Aid Society of Scotland,
unveiled by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester CCVO on
13th May 1981"
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William Brody sculptured the statue of Bobby
from life and it was unveiled in November 1873 after his death.
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"A tribute to the affectionate fidelity of
Greyfriars Bobby.
In 1858 this faithful dog followed the
remains of his master to Greyfriars churchyard and lingered near
the spot until his death in 1872.
With permission erected by the Baroness
Burdett Coutts."
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The statue of Bobby is located on
Candlemaker Row outside the pub that he'd visited every
day in order to be fed.
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Greyfriars Kirk was the first church built in Edinburgh
after the Reformation and was opened in 1620, it stands in
grounds that had belonged to the Franciscan convent in the
Grassmarket - hence the name Greyfriars.
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Tablet on church wall depicting human
skeleton and surgical instruments. James Borthwick of Stow and
Crookston (Cruixtoun); Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament
1661; incorporated to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1645;
died 1676
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The Adam mausoleum was designed by John Adam
and contains the remains of William & John Adam.
William Adam (1689-1748) was particularly noted
for his design of country houses. He was born near Kirkcaldy & was
the father of the architects James (1732-94),
John (1721-92) and Robert Adam (1728-92).
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The bust is of William Adam (1689-1748)
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The Covenanters Prison:
Covenanters were Scottish Presbyterians opposed to
Episcopalian rule. In 1679, over 1,000 were imprisoned in the
Kirkyard. On rations of just four ounces of bread a day, most
died and were buried here. Their chief tormentor was the Lord
Advocate, “Bloody” George Mackenzie. He lies only yards away
from the men he condemned to death.
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The Scott Monument was erected 1840-1844.
It was designed by George Meikle Kemp and the statue of Scott
by Sir John Steell
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Sir Walter Scott:
(1771-1832)
Born in Edinburgh, lawyer and ardent
patriot he won enduring fame as a romantic poet and the author
of the Waverley Novels.
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This plaque and stone commemorate the
restoration of the nearby memorial to one of Scotland's greatest
writers SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832).
The monument was built between 1840 and 1846
with stone from the Binny quarry in West Lothian which was
specially reopened for the 1998-99 restoration.
The project was supported by the Heritage
Lottery Fund and Historic Scotland.
The City of Edinburgh Council.
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David Livingstone:
Explorer (1813-1873)
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New College, Mound Place:
The New College and Assembly Hall were
designed by William Henry Playfair for the Free Church. The
College's distinguished first principal, Thomas Chalmers laid
the buildings foundation stone on 3 June 1846, and it opened to
professors and students in 1850. The Assembly Hall is the
temporary home of the Scottish parliament before it moves to
Holyrood Road.
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Adam Black:
Publisher (1784-1874)
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National Gallery of Scotland
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National Gallery of Scotland:
The building was designed by William Henry
Playfair (1790-1857). Its foundation stone was laid in 1850 by
Prince Albert, and the Gallery opened to the public in 1859.
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Allan Ramsay:
Poet (1681 - 1758)
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The Scottish American War Memorial:
1914-1918
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The Ross Fountain made of cast-iron at the foundry of
Antoine Durenne near Paris, France was shown at the Exhibition
of 1862 in London.
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Daniel Ross, a local gun-maker interested
in art and natural science, bought and gifted it to the City
of Edinburgh. It was shipped in 122 pieces and arrived at
Leith in September 1869. Sadly, he died before the fountain
was operational in 1872.
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The figures were sculpted by Jean-Baptiste
Klagmann who also made works for the Louvre and de Medici
fountains in Paris. The first tier has lion's head spouts and
mermaid figures with flowing urns, sitting on scallop-shell
basins. The four upper figures depict Science, Art, Poetry and
Industry. At the top a beautifully modelled figure holds a
cornucopia - cup of plenty.
In 2001 the fountain was fully restored in
a collaboration between the City of Edinburgh Council and East
of Scotland Water.
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Performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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Gladstone’s Land is a typical example of a 17th century
tenement building of the overcrowded Old Town which grew up
along the ridge between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of
Holyroodhouse: the Royal Mile. The cramped conditions of the
Old Town determined the width of the lot on which the house
was built, which meant that extension was only possible in
depth or height. Named after Thomas Gledstanes, who bought the
plot in 1617 it was completed in 1620.
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Looking down Lawnmarket towards
the High Street and statue of David Hume
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The Highland Tolbooth:
formerly a Victorian Gothic church situated at
the foot of the Castle Rock and recently turned into the Edinburgh
Festival headquarters.
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Camera Obscura located in the Outlook Tower
just below Edinburgh Castle. It was set up by Maria Theresa
Short in 1853 when she acquired the old 17th Century townhouse
of the Ramsay's of Dalhousie on Castlehill and added further
storeys. It was originally known as Short's Observatory. The
optics were replaced in 1947.
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View of George Heriot School, photo taken from
Castle
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