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At the beginning of the 18th century, Edinburgh was one of the most densely populated cities in the world, and one of the most impoverished. What is now known as the Old Town consisted of cramped tenement buildings where rich and poor lived side by side; or, more often, those who could afford it chose to live on the upper floors, where the air was somewhat fresher, leaving the lower floors to the poorest.
The turning point came when a building collapsed in 1751. A subsequent inquiry revealed that much of the city was suffering from severe neglect, and the following year resulted in a series of proposals for the construction of a new suburb in the open countryside to the north of the city. The idea was ambitious: to build a "splendid and magnificent city" attractive enough to draw to Edinburgh at least some of the Scottish aristocracy who had been spending more and more of their winters in London since James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603 and settled in the south: a trend that only intensified with the Act of Union and the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament in 1707.
Au début du XVIIIe siècle, Édimbourg était l'une des villes les plus densément peuplées du monde, et l'une des plus pauvres. Ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui la Vieille Ville était constitué d'immeubles insalubres où riches et pauvres vivaient côte à côte ; ou, le plus souvent, ceux qui en avaient les moyens choisissaient de vivre aux étages supérieurs, où l'air était un peu plus frais, laissant les rez-de-chaussée aux plus démunis.
Le tournant décisif survint lorsqu'un immeuble s'effondra en 1751. Une enquête menée par la suite révéla qu'une grande partie de la ville souffrait d'un grave manque d'entretien, et l'année suivante aboutit à une série de propositions pour la construction d'une nouvelle banlieue dans la campagne au nord de la ville. L'idée était ambitieuse : construire une « ville splendide et magnifique » suffisamment attrayante pour attirer à Édimbourg au moins une partie de l'aristocratie écossaise qui passait de plus en plus d'hivers à Londres depuis que Jacques VI d'Écosse était devenu Jacques Ier d'Angleterre en 1603 et s'était installé dans le sud : une tendance qui ne fit que s'intensifier avec l'Acte d'Union et la dissolution du Parlement écossais en 1707.
Partial view of Edinburgh -New Town- from the castle:
Charlotte's Chapell's tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, with Donaldson's Hospital Building at the back
A creatively edited image taken overlooking Edinburgh from one of my favourite viewpoints in our capital city.
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Sunset over Edinburgh from Carlton hill and festive lights of the Xmas fair and market.
Edinburgh Castle, Balmoral hotel clock tower, the star flyer and big wheel of the Edinburgh Christmas fair and market, Scott monument, St Giles cathedral.
The London to Edinburgh flight path, combined with a break in the clouds and the lucky timing of the sun setting in just the right spot all came together to provide this marvelous view. Im only glad I had my camera out and was ready to shoot. Protip: Always have your camera out and be ready to shoot!!
Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison.
View from Calton Hill including the newly opened St James Quarter shopping centre with spiral roof sculpture.
From this viewpoint there is quite a contrast between the old traditional architecture of the old town to the left and the new developments to the right.
I used 3 bracketed exposures to capture the full range of tones in the dramatic but bright sky including some subtle light beams over the castle which would otherwise be difficult to appreciate.
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It's placed at Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Arthur's Seat is located in Holyrood Park, at the end of the Royal Mile. This large, grass covered hill is the remains of an extinct volcano that erupted 350 million years ago.
Arthur's Seat is the highest point of this extinct volcano. It is 251 metres high and surprisingly rocky and wild for a hill in the centre of a major city..
Although the origin of the name is uncertain, some claim that there is a connection between Edinburgh and King Arthur. Arthur's Seat may have been the location of legendary Camelot.
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars, with public transport given priority. The street has virtually no buildings on the south side, allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, and the valley between.
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I partly broke my only OM-D last winter and am still struggling with taking photos without the monitor
Edinburgh, Scotland
From the archive - Sept. 2014
Camera: Panasonic DMC-G1
Lens: Carl Zeiss/Contax Biogon T* 28mm
adapter 'Contax G on m4/3' used
(it just has a field of view of 42mm on this camera)
Captured on a 10MP CCD sensor from 2009, this 2025 edit shows substantial improvement in color fidelity, bringing the image quality to modern standards. This comes to show that the growing popularity of CCD sensors is partly due to the more capable modern editing software, which closes the gap between sensor generations.