Calton Hill

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View from Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, showing the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground and Edinburgh Castle and city landmarks in the background.

Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Calton Hill

hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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The New Town
…east end of Princes Street, Calton Hill rises above the central government office of St. Andrew’s House (1939) and the adjacent Royal High School (1825–29), considered for a time in the 1990s as the site for the new Scottish Parliament. It is crowned by the 19th-century architect William Playfair’s City…
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…east end of Princes Street, Calton Hill rises above the central government office of St. Andrew’s House (1939) and the adjacent Royal High School (1825–29), considered for a time in the 1990s as the site for the new Scottish Parliament. It is crowned by the 19th-century architect William Playfair’s City…
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