Adam Black Memorial

Adam Black Memorial is a work of art in , . Adam Black Memorial is situated nearby to the clothing store , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scott Monument and Scottish National Gallery.

Photo: Schatir, Public domain.
The is a Victorian Gothic to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the in Havana.

Art gallery
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 530 feet southwest of Adam Black Memorial.

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 1,800 feet southwest of Adam Black Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and New Town.

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".

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.

Neighborhood
is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former site, in , . It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.

Adam Black Memorial

Latitude
55.95217° or 55° 57′ 8″ north
Longitude
-3.19442° or 3° 11′ 40″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR24+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 313680590
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
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Highlights include Romanes & Paterson and East Princes Street Gardens.

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