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Edinburgh – or Athens?

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The National Monument,  Edinburgh,  March 2016

Back in 1822, Charles Cockerell and William Playfair, created Edinburgh’s National Monument up on Calton Hill.  It was modeled on the Parthenon and made  to commemorate Scots who had died in the Napoleonic Wars. Unfortunately, funds ran out in 1829 and the building was never completed.

aDSC_0636_ppCopyright Debbie Smyth, 11 March 2016

 

 

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