The weekend of the 19th and 20th march 2011 was one of another fantastic Edinburgh bubblemeets.
Organised by great friends Lynne and Tom.
We drove up from Blackpool on Friday Evening with my wife Donna and good friends Gary and his wife Pam and had 2 great days meeting up with great friends off Redbubble looking around Edinburgh in Scotland, also to have a laugh, eating, drinking and taking some great shots…a fun time was had by all..
This is a shot of The National Monument and was shot on Saturday night up at Calton Hill.
It was quite cloudy when we got up there but it cleared a little soon after sunset and the moon showed it’s face a little..
Shot with a Nikon D300 and Sigma 18-200mm OS lens
Tripod used
ISO 100
Manual exposure
f5.6
20sec exposure time
18mm
Info on The national Monument from Wikepedia :
The National Monument in the city of Edinburgh is Scotland’s memorial to those who died fighting for the United Kingdom in the Napoleonic Wars.
The monument dominates the top of Calton Hill, just to the east of Edinburgh’s New Town. It was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and his collaborator William Henry Playfair and is modelled upon the Parthenon in Athens. Construction started in 1826, and the building is notable for being only partially completed.

Construction

As early as 1817, calls were made for the construction of a monument in Edinburgh to commemorate the fallen in the Napoleonic War. In January 1822, a proposal was put forward to ‘erect a facsimile of the Parthenon’ at a cost of some £42,000. The appeal found support amongst many prominent Edinburgh residents such as Sir Walter Scott, Henry, Lord Cockburn and Francis, Lord Jeffrey.
Originally, the building was planned to have extensive catacombs in the area supporting the main structure, possibly to provide a burial place for significant figures.
Sixteen months after the initial appeal, only £16,000 had been found with the possibility of a £10,000 grant from Parliament. In 1826, the building was finally commissioned and work began.

Completion

Particularly due to the use of high-quality materials, the project ended in 1829 with funds running out. Local legend suggests that the city of Glasgow apparently offered to cover the costs but Edinburgh was too proud to accept the other city’s charity. As a result, the monument is often given the nickname Edinburgh’s Disgrace or Edinburgh’s Folly.
Subsequent attempts to “complete” the National Monument have never borne fruit for reasons of either cost or lack of local enthusiasm. A proposal in 2004 was met with a mixed reception.
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