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Dugald Stewart Monument

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commissioned the monument and selected its site in 1830. It was completed in September 1831., and is a category A
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180° panorama of the Edinburgh skyline at dusk in early October from Calton Hill, Dugald Stewart Monument
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columns around an elevated urn, on a circular podium. This example of the
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This article about a Scottish building or structure is a
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55°57′19″N 3°10′56″W / 55.95528°N 3.18222°W / 55.95528; -3.18222
Calton Hill
Edinburgh
Scotland
William Henry Playfair
Dugald Stewart
Dugald Stewart
Calton Hill
Edinburgh
William Henry Playfair
University of Edinburgh
Scottish Enlightenment
moral philosophy
Royal Society of Edinburgh
listed building
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Athens
Greece
Corinthian
architecture of ancient Greece
James "Athenian" Stuart
Nicholas Revett
Robert Burns
Monument
Thomas Hamilton
National Monument of Scotland
Charles Robert Cockerell
Royal Terrace
Carlton Terrace

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