Scottish National Gallery
The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: part of National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh
- Also known as: “Edinburgh National Gallery of Scotland”, “Edinburgh, The Mound, National Gallery Of Scotland”, “National Galleries of Scotland”, “National Galleries of Scotland: National”, “National Gallery of Scotland”, and “National Gallery on the Mound”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and The Mound.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. Edinburgh Castle is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Scottish National Gallery.
The Mound
Square
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mound is an artificial slope and road in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into Nor Loch, which was drained in 1765 and forms today's Princes Street Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and New Town.
Old Town
Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".
New Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.
Lauriston
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland, and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, and north of The Meadows public park.
Scottish National Gallery
- Categories: art museum, national museum, national gallery, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Scottish National Gallery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المعرض الوطني الأسكتلندي”
- Arabic: “المعرض الوطني الإسكتلندي”
- Arabic: “المعرض الوطني الاسكتلندي”
- Armenian: “Շոտլանդիայի ազգային պատկերասրահ”
- Azerbaijani: “Şotlandiya Milli Qalereyası”
- Bashkir: “Шотландия милли галереяһы”
- Basque: “Eskoziako Galeria Nazionala”
- Basque: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Basque: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Catalan: “Galeria Nacional d’Escòcia”
- Catalan: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Chinese: “蘇格蘭國家畫廊”
- Czech: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Czech: “Skotská národní galerie”
- Danish: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Danish: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Dutch: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Dutch: “Nationale Gallery van Schotland”
- Dutch: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المعرض الوطنى الاسكتلندى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Galerio de Skotlando”
- Esperanto: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Esperanto: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Esperanto: “Skota Nacia Galerio”
- Finnish: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- French: “Galerie nationale d’Écosse”
- French: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- French: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Galician: “Galería Nacional de Escocia”
- Georgian: “შოტლანდიური ეროვნული გალერეა”
- German: “National Galleries of Scotland”
- German: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- German: “Schottische Nationalgalerie”
- German: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Σκωτίας”
- Hebrew: “הגלריה הלאומית של סקוטלנד”
- Indonesian: “Galeri Nasional Skotlandia”
- Italian: “National Gallery di Edimburgo”
- Italian: “National Gallery of Scotland di Edimburgo”
- Italian: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Italian: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Japanese: “スコットランド国立美術館”
- Japanese: “国立スコットランド美術館”
- Korean: “스코틀랜드 국립미술관”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinė Škotijos galerija”
- Macedonian: “Шкотска национална галерија”
- Mazanderani: “اسکاتلند ملی نگارخنه”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nasjonalgalleriet i Skottland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skottlands nasjonalgalleri”
- Norwegian: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Persian: “نگارخانه ملی اسکاتلند”
- Polish: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Polish: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Portuguese: “Galeria de Edimburgo”
- Portuguese: “Galeria Nacional da Escócia”
- Portuguese: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Portuguese: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Romanian: “Galeria Națională a Scoției”
- Russian: “Национальная галерея Шотландии”
- Serbian: “Шкотска национална галерија”
- Slovenian: “Škotska narodna galerija”
- Spanish: “Galeria Nacional de Edimburgo”
- Spanish: “Galería Nacional de Edimburgo”
- Spanish: “Galeria nacional de Escocia”
- Spanish: “Galería nacional de Escocia”
- Spanish: “Galería Nacional de Escocia”
- Spanish: “National Gallery de Edimburgo”
- Spanish: “National Gallery de Escocia”
- Spanish: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Spanish: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Swedish: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Swedish: “Scottish National Gallery”
- Thai: “National Gallery of Scotland”
- Thai: “หอศิลป์แห่งชาติแห่งสกอตแลนด์”
- Turkish: “National Gallery”
- Ukrainian: “Національна галерея Шотландії”
- Welsh: “Oriel Genedlaethol yr Alban”
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