The Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This image shows the Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, with the New Town in the background. The Dugald Stewart Monument is a memorial to the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart (1753–1828). It is situated on Calton Hill overlooking Edinburgh city centre and was completed in August 1831. Dugald Stewart was a professor at the University of Edinburgh, holding the chair of moral philosophy from 1786 until his death. The Royal Society of Edinburgh commissioned the monument and selected its site in 1830. The monument is modeled on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, Greece and is a circular temple of nine fluted Corinthian columns around an elevated urn. This example of the architecture of ancient Greece had been brought to wider attention by James "Athenian" Stuart and Nicholas Revett's illustrated survey, The Antiquities of Athens, published in 1762.
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Location: Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Photo credit: © Stuart Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
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