Edinburgh Scenery

Sharing another Edinburgh Castle view 😍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤️

😍 - What a lovely setup ❤️ Sharing a view from outside Edinburgh Gin and around the Arches on East Market Street in the city centre ❤️

Edinburgh's Historic Heart Glowing for August

There is nothing quite like August in Scotland's capital when the city transforms into the cultural capital of the world! ✨

Captured here in a stunning night-time glow is the iconic General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland on The Mound, brilliantly lit up in red as a flagship venue for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
🎭 Fascinating History & Fun Facts:

Temporary Parliament: Before Holyrood was built, this historic Gothic Revival hall served as the temporary debating chamber for the modern Scottish Parliament between 1999 and 2004.

A Royal & Global Stage: Designed by architect David Bryce in 1858, it has hosted monumental events ranging from the 1910 World Missionary Conference (marking the birth of the modern ecumenical movement) to historic theatrical revivals like The Thrie Estaites during the very early days of the Edinburgh International Festival.

The Mound's Origins: The building sits proudly on The Mound—an artificial hill created in the late 18th and 19th centuries using over 1.5 million cartloads of earth excavated during the construction of Edinburgh's New Town!

Whether you're catching a world-class show, braving the Fringe crowds, or just soaking up the electric atmosphere of the Old Town at night, Edinburgh always puts on a show like nowhere else. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Oor wee Edinburgh Castle during the castle of light festivities ❤️

Looking around Edinburgh Castle at sunset

The sun setting behind Edinburgh Castle

Here's one from earlier tonight in Edinburgh ❤️

Did you know - Edinburgh built a monument shaped like an upturned telescope — and gave it a job stranger than any war memorial.

📎The Nelson Monument went up on Calton Hill between 1807 and 1816, funded by public subscription after Nelson's death at Trafalgar.

📯Since 1853, a ball (you can just make its half dome at the top of the monument) has dropped from its top at exactly 1pm daily , timed with the One O'Clock Gun at the Castle, so ships in the Forth could set their clocks and navigate👌

📌143 steps take you to the top viewing gallery.

From up here the whole story of the city unfolds:

❤️ Edinburgh Castle on the skyline ❤️
❤️ The Pentland hills on the left ❤️
❤️ Granton and Leith in the misty glow too the right ❤️

📍The grand sandstone building below is St Andrew's House, built on the site of the old Calton Jail.

One hill, four centuries of stories, make the time for the climb if you can - its highly recommended ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Taken looking east along Mound Place towards the Museum on the Mound