Femme

Femme is a work of art in Edinburgh, Scotland. Femme is situated near the art gallery Modern One, as well as near Café Sun Terrace.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Also known as: “Femme (Woman)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Modern Two and Edinburgh Castle.

Modern Two

Art gallery

Photo: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Modern Two, formerly the Dean Gallery, in Edinburgh, is one of the two buildings housing the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, one of Scotland's national art galleries. Modern Two is situated 460 feet northeast of Femme.

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 mile east of Femme.

Dean Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on its west by the Dean Gallery. Dean Cemetery is situated 860 feet northeast of Femme.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dean Village and West Coates.

Dean Village

Suburb

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dean Village is a former village immediately northwest of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bounded by Belford Road to the south and west, Belgrave Crescent Gardens to the north and below the Dean Bridge to the east.

West Coates

Neighborhood

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

West Coates or Wester Coates is a residential district of central Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is on the A8, in proximity to Haymarket railway station and Roseburn, west of the city centre, bounded by the Water of Leith on its north side.

West End

Suburb

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The West End is an affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, which along with the rest of the New Town and Old Town forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Femme

Category: tourism
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.95127° or 55° 57′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.2262° or 3° 13′ 34″ west

Established

1970

Open location code

9C7RXQ2F+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4640452252

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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Highlights: Modern One and Café Sun Terrace.

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