Scottish National Gallery
The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
The National building and Royal Scottish Academy building, viewed from the South (2005)
Edinburgh Castle and National Gallery (c. 1865)
Twin porticoes at the main entrance with the original name inscribed on the frieze.
Playfair's ionic columns
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in south-east Scotland, and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth estuary and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of
506,520 in mid-2020, making it the second-most populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area has a population of 912,490.
Image: Dugald Stewart Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh (cropped)
Image: Scott Monument Édimbourg 11 (cropped)
Image: Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh geograph.org.uk 223821 (cropped) (cropped)
Image: Arthur's Seat from Calton Hill (cropped)
