The Melville Monument is a large column in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh constructed between 1821 and 1827 as a memorial to Scottish statesman Henry Dundas...
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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was the trusted lieutenant of British...
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Edinburgh World Heritage (section Melville monument)
organizations were merged. In 2008, the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square was restored as part of the Twelve Monuments Project, a joint initiative of Edinburgh...
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Melville Monument (Greenlandic: Usuussarsuaq) is an island in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland. It was named "Melville Monument" by Arctic explorer...
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protests, Palmer was a leading proponent of calls to reinterpret the Melville Monument, a large column in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh dedicated to Scottish...
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appears as a footnote on the monument. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811) Robert Saunders–Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771–1851) and son of...
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the fluted column of the Melville Monument, commemorating Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville. The Melville Monument is surrounded by St Andrew...
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The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after...
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Melville in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melville may refer to: Cape Melville (South Shetland Islands) Melville Peak, King George Island Melville...
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building. The monument was designed by the architect William Burn of Edinburgh, who designed various other monuments including the Melville Monument in St Andrews...
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The National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, is Scotland's national memorial to the Scottish soldiers and sailors who died fighting...
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The Dugald Stewart Monument is a memorial to the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart (1753–1828). It is situated on Calton Hill overlooking the city of...
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The Nelson Monument is a commemorative tower in honour of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on top of Calton...
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of St Johns, Princes Street, Edinburgh Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh Burn's funerary monument, Kensal Green Cemetery, London Revesby...
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Greyfriars Bobby Fountain (category Dog monuments)
statues of characters from Walter Scott's Waverley novels for the Scott Monument in Princes Street. The statue is mounted on a polished column of granite...
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Scottish Capital City, Edinburgh and the tower featured in the show was Melville Monument in St Andrew Square. Hububb was made by Noel Gay productions for BBC...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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and St John's Portobello are just below this threshold, as are the Melville Monument and numerous residential tower blocks at Craigmillar, Craigour, Greendykes...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Loch Rannoch Loch Tay Melville Monument Portmoak Rannoch Moor Strathearn Whitefield Castle The local authority...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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has been praised as "the architect's supreme masterpiece and the finest monument of the Greek revival in Scotland". The school relocated to larger modern...
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parts of the pillar re-erected in the grounds of Drum House, Gilmerton. A monument now stands there and on it a plaque that reads: "Erected in memory of the...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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new pump and will be switched on permanently. Hubert Fountain "Other monuments: Ross Fountain". Edinburgh City Council. Archived from the original on...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery Monuments Melville Monument National Monument of Scotland Scott Monument Scottish National War Memorial Current...
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former prison, next to the Old Calton Burial Ground and Political Martyrs' Monument. The large Category A listed Art Deco-influenced building looks out over...
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include: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo and Design for a Papal Monument Sandro Botticelli, Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child Antonio Canova...
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