BGuthrie Photos: Scotland -- Edinburgh

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. EDIN_040402_006.JPG: Edinburgh, Scotland -- This school is supposedly where Tony Blair went to school.
2. EDIN_040402_041.JPG: Our driver Brendan pointed out this store which has been selling brooms here since 1873.
3. EDIN_040402_056.JPG: This tombstone was in Greyfriars Church cemetery. This marker is the Greyfriars Bobby. One of several web sites about him says "Bobby was no ordinary little pooch. He was so devoted to his owner that he remained faithful to him even in death. For 14 years, each day without fail, Bobby kept watch over his master's grave. Some say the terrier even fell into his final sleep on his master's grave, on a frosty January day in 1872"
4. EDIN_040402_067.JPG: This marker is to John Gray who died in 1858. He was master of Greyfriars Bobby, a dog who gets a more prominent marker in the cemetery.
5. EDIN_040402_098.JPG: This is the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which is where the Queen stays when she visits. It's located on the downhill side of the The Royal Mile, a road which connects Edinburgh Castle with the Palace.
6. EDIN_040402_120.JPG: These pictures are taken from Calton Hill. It has a City Observatory, a National Monument (which never quite got done), and a monument to Lord Nelson but it also offers beautiful views of the city.
7. EDIN_040402_152.JPG: If you look closely, you'll see a statue of, of all people, Abraham Lincoln. It is said to the be the first statue erected to Lincoln in the UK.
8. EDIN_040402_167.JPG: The National Monument is an abandoned project. Started in 1816, it was supposed to be a replica of the Parthenon in Athens and it would honor those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars. Building began in 1822 but it quickly ran out of money and stopped.
9. EDIN_040402_170.JPG: This tower commemorates Lord Nelson's naval victory at Trafalgar in 1805
10. EDIN_040402_186.JPG: Deacon Brodie. Born 28th Sept 1741, Executed 1st Oct 1788. William Brodie, Deacon of Wrights and Masons of Edinburgh, was the son of a cabinet maker in the lawnmarket. He was born in Brodies Close and hanged near St Giles -- both places being just a few steps from the tavern which now bears his name. In manhood, Brodies baseness inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write that famous classic -- Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. By day, William Brodie was pious, wealthy and a much respected citizen and it 1781 was elected Deacon Councillor of the city. But at night he was a gambler, a thief, dissipated and licentious. The annals record "His cunning and audacity were unsurpassed." Brodie was hanged from the city's new gallows on Oct 1st 1788. Ironically, he had designed the gallows that were to eventually seal his fate.
11. EDIN_040402_211.JPG: Edinburgh Castle. We didn't have time to go in so here are some outside pictures. Perched on an extinct volcano, parts of it were built in the 1100's.
12. EDIN_040402_330.JPG: This was mostly taken for the phone booths, which are rapidly disappearing here and around the world as cell phones make them obsolete.
13. EDIN_040402_345.JPG: St Giles Cathedral. A church has stood at this location for a thousand years. In the 12th century, it was dedicated to St. Giles. In the 17th century, it was designated a cathedral, and the named has continued in use, although the Church of Scotland is now Presbyterian in administration, and St. Giles is also known as the Mother Church of world Presbyterianism.
14. EDIN_040402_352.JPG: The memorial to Walter Francis Montague Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry KG, was erected by his fellow countrymen at home and overseas and was unveiled in February 1888. The plinth was designed by Sir R. Rowand Anderson LLD and the bronze figure of the Duke in the robes of the Order of the Garter was the world of Sir Joseph Boehm MA. The memorial is 32 feet high. The lowest of the three sets of bronze panels depict the history of the Buccleuch family. The centre panels are symbolic of Fortitude, Liberality, Temperance, Prudence, Charity, and Truth, virtues claimed to be possessed in abundance by the Duke. The top panels depict significant events in the life of the fifth Duke.
15. EDIN_040402_406.JPG: This memorial is to the people who died in the Boer Wars in 1899 to 1902. The UK has been involved in wars to protect or expand its empire for so long that it's bewildering to imagine how many battles and campaigns they've been involved in.
16. EDIN_040402_417.JPG: Archibald Campbell Marquess of Argyll. Beheaded near this cathedral AD 1661. Leader in council and in field for the reformed religion. "I set the crown on the King's head. He hastens me to a better Crown than his own."
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