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Scott Monument

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Scott Monument

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Location: New Town/Broughton, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Matto

March 18, 2021

The Scott Monument Edinburgh is one of many monuments erected in Scotland in honor of Sir Walter Scott. This monument in Edinburgh is likely to be the largest of its kind, the top height is around 61 meters. You can enter the monument, a staircase leads up to a maximum of 287 steps to the highest viewing platform.

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Franzl wandert 🥾

June 27, 2023

An Edinburgh icon, this massive Victorian monument to Sir Walter Scott is quite impressive.

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JakobusPilger

June 15, 2024

This is how some 200 years ago, bookworms began: "In that lovely district of merry England, which is watered by the River Don, there was in ancient times a great wood... Here dwelt... the fabulous Dragon of Wantley; here were fought several of the bloodiest battles during the Rose Civil Wars..."
Through translations, Scott's fame on the British Isles soon spread throughout Europe, even to the New World. The author, who continued to publish his books anonymously, with the reference "By the Author of Waverley," naturally rejoiced in his hiding place over the success – until, by chance, it was revealed that he, Walter Scott, was the author. The honors in Scotland were now endless. The toast Lord Meadowbank made at a banquet held in Scott's honor in 1827 remains valid in Scotland to this day:
"The beauties of our country... and the fame of our ancestors have been carried by him beyond the shores of this island, to the ends of the earth. He has... immortalized the name of Scotland..."
(Text from deutschlandfunk.de/250-geburtstag-des-schriftstellers-wie-sir-walter-scott-den-100.html )

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Location: New Town/Broughton, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Scott Monument

1. Victoria Street, Edinburgh – Scott Monument loop from Brunswick

2. Edinburgh Castle – Royal Mile loop from Haymarket

3. Edinburgh Castle – Royal Mile loop from Haymarket

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