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Calton Hill

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Calton Hill er en bakke i det centrale Edinburgh, Skotland, der ligger øst for Princes Street og den er inkluderet i UNESCOs verdensarvsliste i byen. Udsigt fra og til bakken er og bliver ofte brugt i fotografier eller malerier af byen. Bakkens højeste punkt er 103 moh.

Calton Hill er hovedkvarter for Skotlands regering, der har til huse i St Andrew's House,[1] på den stejle sydlige skråning op til bakken. Scottish Parliament Building og andre prominente bygninger som Holyrood Palace[2] ligger nær bakkens fod. Der ligger adskillige monumenter og bygninger på Calton Hill; National Monument,[2] Nelson Monument,[2][3] Dugald Stewart Monument,[2][3] Old Royal High School,[2][3] Robert Burns Monument,[2] Political Martyrs' Monument og City Observatory.[3][4]

Området ligger mellem Edinburgh distrikter Greenside and Abbeyhill.

  1. ^ Youngson, A.J. (2001): "The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the borders", Chapter 9 (Calton Hill), Polygon Books, Edinburgh, UK, ISBN 0-7486-6307-X
  2. ^ a b c d e f The Calton Hill, Robert Louis Stevenson(1879), "Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes", Chapter 8, ASIN: B00158QM62. Accessed on 6 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d Calton Hill Arkiveret 4. april 2020 hos Wayback Machine Grant, James "Old and New Edinburgh" Volume 3, Chapter XVI, printed as a periodical in the 1880s, Accessed 12 August 2009
  4. ^ Mitchell, Anne (1993), "The People of Calton Hill", Mercat Press, James Thin, Edinburgh, ISBN 1-873644-18-3.

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55°57′19″N 3°10′56″V / 55.95528°N 3.18222°V / 55.95528; -3.18222

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