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Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial

Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial is a memorial in , . Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Robert Louis Stevenson memorial grove” and “Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh”
  • Inscription: “A man of letters. R. L. S. 1850–1894”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Ross Fountain.

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic castle in , . It stands on , 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. is situated 650 feet southeast of Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial.

Fountain
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is a cast-iron structure located in West Princes Street Gardens, . It was installed in 1872 and restored in 2018.

Art gallery
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The National is the national art gallery of . It is located on in central , close to . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. is situated 1,400 feet east of Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moray Estate and New Town.

Neighborhood
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The , also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the . Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.

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of is 250 years old, in contrast to the 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.

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is the original settlement of . 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".

Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial

Latitude
55.95004° or 55° 57′ 0″ north
Longitude
-3.20246° or 3° 12′ 9″ west
Open location code
9C7RXQ2X+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1784442040
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q17569970
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