Going Greek on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill
A Greek style acropolis sits atop Calton Hill in Edinburgh. The 1829 National Monument which commemorates Scottish soldiers and sailors who died in the Napoleonic Wars, took its inspiration from the Parthenon in Athens. Many assumed that the structure was left unfinished due to lack of funds, but evidently the architects, William Cockerell and William [...]
Going Greek on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill
Photo blog of the best places to visit Europe.. Copyrighted content published on the Europe a la Carte Travel Blog.
Date: February 25th, 2013 @ 03:01
Categories: Independent Travel
This post was originally posted by Karen Bryan @ Europe a la Carte Blog.
> Read the original post here
> Read the original post here
Subscribe to the RSS Feed