Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of the Duke of Wellington (aka 'The Wellington Monument') outside General Register House, Princes St. Created by John Steell, unveiled 18 June 1852.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Dundas House, built in 1774 for Sir Lawrence Dundas. Now home to the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Thomas Chalmers statue in George Street. Chalmers was one of the leaders of the Disruption of 1843 which led to the creation of the Free Church of Scotland.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Mound, an artificial hill built in the 1770s using the earth excavated during construction of The New Town.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Headquarters of the Bank of Scotland, the second oldest bank in Britain (the Bank of England is a year older). The bank itself was established 17 July 1695, the present building dates to 1806.

The sculpture atop the dome was created by John Rhind, 1864-1870.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of James Young Simpson, West Princes Street Gardens. Created by William Brodie, unveiled 1877.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Castle Esplanade. Created by sculptor Thomas Campbell 1837, erected shortly afterward.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Castle Esplanade, in front of Edinburgh Castle. Laid out as a parade ground in 1753, and extended in 1845.

Currently used for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statues of Robert the Bruce by Thomas Clapperton and William Wallace by Alexander Carrick. Added to Edinburgh Castle's Gatehouse entrance in 1929.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of Greyfriars Bobby, corner of Candlemaker Row and George IV Bridge. A Skye Terrier known for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner, until he died himself on 14 January 1872.

The statue was created by William Brodie in 1872, commissioned by Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Unveiled 15 November 1873.

The monument itself was originally built as a drinking fountain (with an upper fountain for humans, a lower fountain for dogs); the water supply was cut off in 1975 (health scares), and the basins filled with concrete.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Old College, Edinburgh University. Building designed by Robert Adam and later William Playfair; dome by Rowand Anderson. The statue is John Hutchison's ''Youth bearing a Torch of Knowledge'.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George Street. Initially intended for a site at the end of St Andrew Square, it was forced to adopt a new location when Sir Laurence Dundas built his house there.

Designed by Royal Engineers Andrew Frazer (Chief Army Engineer for Scotland) and Robert Kay, opened December 1784. The spire was added in 1787.

Originally 'St Andrew’s Church' (St George's Church was in Charlotte Square, and is now West Register House), it merged with St George's about 1965 and with St George's West (Shandwick Place) in January 2010.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Royal Scottish Academy Building by William Henry Playfair, 1826. Statue of Queen Victoria by Sir John Steell.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

St Giles' Cathedral (1385), with the Statue of Charles II (1685) having a little work done.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Queensberry Memorial to the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, West Parliament Square. Created by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, unveiled by the Earl of Stair 7 February 1888.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

St James's Court.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Headquarters of the Bank of Scotland, the second oldest bank in Britain (the Bank of England is a year older). The bank itself was established 17 July 1695, the present building dates to 1806.

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Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

Statue of William Wallace by Alexander Carrick. Added to Edinburgh Castle's Gatehouse entrance in 1929.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1st Earl Haig). Created by sculptor George Edward Wade 1923, erected shortly afterward.

Originally sited in the Castle Esplanade, it was moved to Hospital Square in 2011.

Beyond is the 78th Highlanders Monument, erected 1861.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of Alexander & Bucephalus, in front of Edinburgh's City Chambers. Designed by John Steell 1832, cast in bronze 1883, presented to the city by subscribers 1884.

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St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

St Giles' Cathedral. More correctly, the High Kirk of Edinburgh.

The current building dates to 1385 (the original was destroyed by fire), and was extensively restored in the 19th century.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Scott Monument in Princes St Gardens; honouring writer Sir Walter Scott following his death in 1832.

Designed by self-taught architect George Meikle Kemp, constructed 1841-1844.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of the philosopher David Hume, by sculptor Sandy Stoddart. Erected in 1995 - outside the High Court, Royal Mile.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of poet Allan Ramsay, West Princes Street Gardens. Created by Sir John Steell in 1862, with sandstone plinth by David Bryce.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Monument to the Royal Scots Greys, West Princes Street Gardens. Created by Birnie Rhind, unveiled by Lord Rosebery 16 Nov 1906 to commemorate the Regiment’s fallen during the Boer War.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Scottish publisher and politician Adam Black. Created by sculptor John Hutchison 1876-1877, erected 1877.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of the Duke of Wellington (aka 'The Wellington Monument') outside General Register House, Princes St. Created by John Steell, unveiled 18 June 1852.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of missionary David Livingstone, East Princes St Gardens. Created by Amelia R Hill, unveiled 15 August 1876.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of William Pitt. Created 1831-1833, to a design by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey. On the left is Nationwide's 'Amicable House', built for the Scottish Amicable Building Society.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Home of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, established in 1783. The statue to the right is of King George IV; statue unveiled in 1831.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Saint Bernard's Well, beside the Water of Leith at Stockbridge. Designed by Alexander Nasmyth, built 1789-1791 on the Saint Bernard's estate.

The central statue is of Hygieia, the Greek Goddess of Health.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of Charles II as Caesar. Supplied in 1685 (making it the oldest statue in Edinburgh) by James Smith, Surveyor of the King's Works; probably imported from Holland.

The pedestal dates to 1835.

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The Shore, Leith, Scotland

Sculpture by Lucy Poett : "Sandy Irvine Robertson", wine merchant. Behind is a harpoon gun from Port Leith Whaling Station, and the Victoria Swing Bridge : built in 1874.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Exchange Buildings, Bernard Street. Designed by Thomas Brown, constructed 1809-1810.

Largely an extension of the Assembly Rooms [1783-1785], which now form the rear wing of the complex. The exchange buildings were built by subscription as a meeting place for merchants, they included reading rooms, assembly rooms and a post office.

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Leith, Edinburgh

Statue of Robert Burns, Bernard Street. Created by sculptor David Watson Stevenson, unveiled 1898.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of Queen Victoria, opposite the foot of Leith Walk. Erected as a tribute to those who fought in the Boer War; sculpted by John S Rhind, unveiled 1907.

Side panels were added in 1913, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s visit to Leith in 1842.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Headquarters of the Bank of Scotland, the second oldest bank in Britain (the Bank of England is a year older). The bank itself was established 17 July 1695, the present building dates to 1806.

The sculpture atop the dome was created by John Rhind, 1864-1870.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of the poet Robert Fergusson, who was born nearby and is buried in the Canongate Kirkyard.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of the philosopher David Hume, by sculptor Sandy Stoddart. Erected in 1995 - outside the High Court, Royal Mile.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Statue of Sherlock Holmes in Picardy Place, erected in 1991 as a tribute to author Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born nearby in 1859.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Queensberry Memorial to the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, West Parliament Square. Created by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, unveiled by the Earl of Stair 7 February 1888.

Behind is St Giles' Cathedral (more correctly, the High Kirk of Edinburgh), getting a little work done.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Monument to the Black Watch for the South African War (Boer War). The Mound,1908. Sculpture by William Birnie Rhind.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens. Planted in Spring 1903 by John McHattie of Edinburgh Parks, it's the oldest fully functional floral clock in the world.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Sheraton Grand Hotel, Festival Square (next to Lothian Road). Constructed mid 1980s.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Blair St [built 1785], looking towards the Cowgate. At the bottom is the site of a massive fire on 7 Dec 2002, which destroyed several clubs and Thomas Hamilton's superb 1823 warehouse.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Sculpture 'The Call' (aka 'Scots American War Memorial'). Commissioned by Scottish-Americans to honour Scots who had served in the first World War.

Designed by R. Tait McKenzie, unveiled 1927.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Leith Sailor's Home, Tower Place. Constructed 1883, using funds raised by subscription.

Converted 1994 into a hotel.

In front is the 'Jardiniere de la Mer' commissioned by Forth Ports Plc, unveiled 1994.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Sculpture 'Flock of Pigeons', Leith Walk. Created by sculptor Shona Kinloch, installed August 1996.

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