National Monument of Scotland
by W Chris Fooshee
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National Monument of Scotland
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W Chris Fooshee
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Calton Hill is a hill to the east of the New Town in Edinburgh, at the bottom of Princes Street. On the hilltop are several monuments, which give it the name of “Athens of the North”. The National Monument was designed in honor of soldiers who lost their lives in the Napoleonic Wars. Although the ambitious project only has 12 columns, visitors can see its similarity to the Parthenon in Athens.
When it was first built, insufficient funds meant it remained (and remains) unfinished, leading it to be variously called “Edinburgh’s Disgrace”, "Edinburgh's Folly" and "The Pride and Poverty of Scotland"
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April 8th, 2019
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