National Monument of Scotland

National Monument of Scotland, på Calton Hill i Edinburgh, er Skotlands nationalmonument for skotske soldater og sømænd der døde under napoleonskrigene. Det var ifølge inskriptionen ment til at være "Et minde om fortiden og incitament til fremtidens heltemod for mænd i Skotland".

Monumentet dominerer Calton Hill, der ligger umiddelbart øst for Princes Street. Det blev designet 1823–6 af Charles Robert Cockerell og William Henry Playfair og er baseret på Parthenon i Athen. Opførslen blev påbegyndt i 1826 men som følge af mangelnde midler blev det forladt ufærdigt i 1829. Omstændighederne gjorde at det fik forskellige øgenavne som "Scotland's Folly", "Edinburgh's Disgrace", "the Pride and Poverty of Scotland" og "Edinburgh's Folly".

Referencer

↑ Historic Environment Scotland Calton Hill, off Regent Road, National Monument
↑ Grant, James (1887). "15". Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places. Vol. 3. Cassell. Arkiveret fra originalen 16. december 2017. Hentet 7. november 2011.
↑ Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (23. januar 1888). "Donations to the Museum and Library". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. XXII. Edinburgh: Neill and Company. s. 64. Hentet 2012-08-15. Den engelske tekst er "A Memorial of the Past and Incentive to the Future Heroism of the Men of Scotland"
↑ Thomas Guthrie; William Garden Blaikie; Benjamin Waugh (1901). The Sunday Magazine. Strahan & Company. The National Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, which looks like the fragment of a stupendous ruin, and which is an outstanding feature in the views of Auld Reekie, is popularly known as Scotland's folly or Edinburgh's disgrace.
↑ "Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Disgrace". www.scotsman.com (engelsk). 17. februar 2014. Hentet 2021-07-22.

Eksterne henvisninger

55°57′17.0″N 3°10′54.5″V / 55.954722°N 3.181806°V / 55.954722; -3.181806

[HS-1] Historic Environment Scotland Calton Hill, off Regent Road, National Monument

[Grant-2] Grant, James (1887). "15". Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places. Vol. 3. Cassell. Arkiveret fra originalen 16. december 2017. Hentet 7. november 2011.

[Proceedings-3] Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (23. januar 1888). "Donations to the Museum and Library". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. XXII. Edinburgh: Neill and Company. s. 64. Hentet 2012-08-15. Den engelske tekst er "A Memorial of the Past and Incentive to the Future Heroism of the Men of Scotland"

[GuthrieBlaikie1901-4] Thomas Guthrie; William Garden Blaikie; Benjamin Waugh (1901). The Sunday Magazine. Strahan & Company. The National Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, which looks like the fragment of a stupendous ruin, and which is an outstanding feature in the views of Auld Reekie, is popularly known as Scotland's folly or Edinburgh's disgrace.

[5] "Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Disgrace". www.scotsman.com (engelsk). 17. februar 2014. Hentet 2021-07-22.