Carlton Calton Hill Panorama at Dusk in Sepia @HotpixUK
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
CF23J2File size:
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9308 x 3093 px | 78.8 x 26.2 cm | 31 x 10.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
10 March 2010Location:
Carton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, United kingdomMore information:
A panorama at dusk over Edinburgh taking in St Giles cathedral, The Castle, Bridges and Princes Street from Carlton Hill. Visable from across the city, Calton Hill is the venue for events at various times in the year. The Beltane Fire Festival every April (30th of the month) each year is popular and generally attracts over 10, 000 people.. This is a revival of the ancient Celtic May Day festival of Beltane. The Dussehra Hindu Festival has also been held the last few years in early October. On the hill are a number of interesting structures. These include Governors House, the original site of Calton Jail, the National Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the New Parliament House (the Royal High School), the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory. It is worth a walk up to it from Princes St. Follow the confusingly named Calton Hill lane up from the shopping centre.