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The Nelson Monument - Edinburgh

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Lawson McCulloch

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The Nelson Monument - Edinburgh

The Nelson Monument is a commemorative tower in honour of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on top of Calton Hill, and provides a dramatic termination to the vista along Princes Street from the west. The monument was built between 1807 and 1815 to commemorate Nelson's victory over the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and his own death at the same battle.[1] In 1853 a time ball was added, as a time signal to shipping in Leith harbour. The monument was restored in 2009.

Flags fly from the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill on Trafalgar Day 2013
The Royal Navy's White Ensign and signal flags spelling out Nelson's famous message "England expects that every man will do his duty" are flown from the Monument on Trafalgar Day each year.[2]

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LadyNoone 27/09/2014 19:52
Wonderfully composed picture. Mood as in the Netherlands painters :)
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Chaito Bahamonde 25/09/2014 22:04
estupendo encuadre
me quedo con las ganas de verla en color
saludos, chaito
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Geoff Ashton 25/09/2014 20:13
like the composition
bw geoff
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Mirjam Burer 25/09/2014 14:33
fine b/w image and document of Edinburgh Lawson..
although I don't see it ... :-) ....the city must have a lot of green...good one
lg, Mirjam
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Jenipher Baker 25/09/2014 12:46
A good glimpse of the tower through the busy fg and a the usual top tonal range :-)
lg Jenipher
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Bea Buchholz 25/09/2014 10:59
Sehr gut von dir gezeigt, klasse sieht es dort aus, in S/W kommt es sehr gut an.
LG Bea
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s. sabine krause 25/09/2014 9:43
love, how the dappled light picks up the theme of a beginning autumn with its first leaves fallen and scattered across the path, where the people are walking off into… october! ; )) and the sunkissed view of the city with its nelson monument – beautiful, especially seen through the still lush green of the park! greetings, sabine. p.s.: you know what? ignorant me didn't know what a "time ball" was! found a wikipedia entry, and – knowledge gap closed! – now i'm in the picture! ; ))
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Mark Billiau. 25/09/2014 9:14
Pretty nice view on this Nelson monument nicely framed by lush greenery.

Mark
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Harold Thompson 25/09/2014 9:09
Good viewpoint and inclusion of the walkers
:-)) Harold
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Sue Thompson 25/09/2014 8:33
The view through to the monument is ggood, I had to look a little harder to see the people in the dappled light.

:))
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Dragomir Vukovic 24/09/2014 22:50
great 1 !
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Adele D. Oliver 24/09/2014 22:40
an important monument standing out over the city .... and I like how you made it catch our eyes by framing it with all the trees and bushes ... your composition and timing with the people walking and all the light and shadow play add to your image !!!
greetings, Adele
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