Old Calton Burial Ground Edinburgh Scotland
Abraham Lincoln Monument Old Calton Burial Ground Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Abraham Lincoln monument on ancestry visit to Old Calton Burial Ground in Edinburgh. This is the Scottish, American Soldiers Monument which depicts a standing figure of Abraham Lincoln, with a freed slave giving thanks at his feet. A bronze shield bears the old USA flag, and is wreathed in thistles to the left, and cotton to the right. Two regimental flags lay furled, the battle being over. The black man holds a book, indicating that he is not only free, he is also now educated. This was the first statue to an American President in any country outside the USA. It is the only statue of Lincoln in Scotland, and the only monument to the American Civil War outside the USA. The monument was erected at American expense to a small group of Scots, only one of whom, William Duff, is buried under the monument, the rest being nearby, to whom it felt indebted, and wished their graves to be marked, despite their later poverty. They had all fought for the Union in the American Civil War. The inscription, To preserve the jewel of liberty in the framework of Freedom is a quotation from the writings of Abraham Lincoln.
OLD CALTON CEMETERY, EDINBURGH
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밤 9시경이 되자 언덕 곳곳은 수만 명의 사람들로 빼곡히 들어찬다. “이런 축제에는 이렇게 차려 입어야 하기 때문이죠. 이 모든 것들의 활기 속으로 빠져 들어가기 위해서죠. 제 머리의 꽃은 이 세계가 다시 태어나고 모든 것이 되살아나서 새로운 생명과 성장이 이뤄진다는 사실을 축하하기 위한 것입니다.” 벨테인 축제는 원래 가축과 생명의 번성을 기원하는 고대 켈트족의 의식에 뿌리를 두고 있다. 어둠에 젖어드는 도시를 내려다보면서 사람들은 끈기있게 축제의 개막을 기다린다. 밤 11시경 장중한 팡파레로 축제는 시작된다. 땅의 힘과 모든 생명의 에너지를 주재하는 5월의 여왕이 등장하고, 그 뒤를 여전사들과 지혜를 상징하는 연장자 그룹이 따른다. 축제에는 모두 300여명의 배우가 참가하는데 모두 자원봉사자라는 점도 놀랍다. 어지럽게 날뛰고 있는 이들은 혼돈과 무질서를 상징한다. 축제는 이런 무질서를 새로운 생명으로 다시 태어나게 하는 의식이다. 축제의 클라이막스는 어둠을 밝히는 새로운 불꽃을 피운다. 불은 모든 것을 정화하고 새로운 생명이 태어나는 것을 의미한다. 불꽃의 주위를 도는 의식은 행운을 기원하는 소망을 담고 있다. 불은 혼돈을 씻어내고 모든 것을 새롭게 소생시키는 생명의 원천이다.
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Doeja night around 9 o'clock hill is a tightly kick for tens of thousands of people. Because this festival to dress up like this. Joe out with vigor in order to enter in all this. The flowers of my head is to celebrate the fact that the world is everything, then revived again achieved a new life born and grow. Bell retain the original festival of cattle and life rooted in ancient Celtic ritual to pray for a prosperous putting. Overlooking the city drenched in darkness favorite people patiently await the opening of the festival. 11 o'clock at night with a solemn fanfare festival begins. The May Queen to preside over the power and energy of all life on earth emerged and followed the seniors group that symbolizes the wisdom and the warrior followed. Festival has surprised both the viscosity of volunteers to join the actors of both the 300. They symbolize the dizzy jumping in chaos and disorder. The festival is a ritual that this disorder reborn into a new life. The climax of the festival will smokes a new spark to illuminate the darkness. The fire purify everything and means that new life is born. Rituals revolving around the flame contains a desire to pray for good luck. The fire, wash the chaos is the source of life to revive all things new.
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■클립명: 유럽110-영국04-09 칼튼 힐, 벨테인 불 축제/Beltane/Fire Festival/Calton Hill/Night Scene
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Historic Old Edinburgh Cemetery
A look around the historic Old Calton Burial Ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. A graveyard that dates back to the very early 1700's and amongst the monuments to the famous people who are buried there, also houses the Scottish-American war memorial, which is dedicated to all the Scots who died during the American Civil War.
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Calton Hill Tombs Edinburgh
A spookey dissused Graveyard in the Centre of Edingurgh. Well worth a visit for the atmosphere and the view across the city. It doesn't have as many names as the Glasgow Necropolis,and is miniscule compared to highgate. however it does have a certain melancholy only Edinburgh can have.
Places to see in ( Edinburgh - UK ) Calton Hill
Places to see in ( Edinburgh - UK ) Calton Hill
Calton Hill ( the Calton Hill ), is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the Calton Hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the Scottish Parliament Building, and other notable buildings, for example Holyrood Palace, lying near the foot of the hill. The hill is also the location of several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, the Nelson Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.
By his charter of 1456, James II granted the community of Edinburgh the valley and the low ground between Calton Hill and Greenside for performing tournaments, sports and other warlike deeds. The village of Calton was situated at the bottom of the ravine at the western end of Calton Hill (hence its earlier name of Craigend), on the road from Leith Wynd in Edinburgh and North Back of Canongate to Leith Walk and also to Broughton and thence the Western Road to Leith. In the village, the street was variously known as St. Ninian's Row or Low Calton. Many of the old buildings here were demolished at the time of the Waterloo Place and Regent Bridge development, which bridged the ravine, from 1816. The remaining old village houses of the Low Calton were removed in the 1970s.
Calton was in South Leith Parish and Calton people went to church in Leith. The churchyard there was inconveniently situated for burials from Calton and, in 1718, the Society bought a half acre of land at a cost of £1013 from Lord Balmerino for use as a burial ground. This became known as Old Calton Burial Ground. Permission was granted for an access road, originally known as High Calton and now the street called Calton Hill, up the steep hill from the village to the burial ground. The group of 1760s houses near the top of this street are all that remain of the old village.
Calton Hill is the venue for a number of events throughout the year. The largest of these is the Beltane Fire Festival held on 30 April each year, attended by over 12,000 people. The Dussehra Hindu Festival also takes place on Calton Hill near the beginning of October each year.
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Calton Hill’s Monuments and Buildings- Edinburgh, Scotland History
This video attempts to make sense of what the monuments and buildings of Calton Hill are able to tell us about the history of Edinburgh.
This video was first used as a multimedia project for the University of Edinburgh.
It has been published on YouTube with the permission of all contributors. The voice, slide show and script has been edited and put together by myself.
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Calton Hill - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Calton Hill Edinburgh
Historic neighborhood lined with monuments dating back to the Enlightenment.
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Travel blogs from Calton Hill:
- ... Back being tourists the next morning, we visited Calton Hill, Calton Graveyard and walked around Edinburgh Castle ...
- ... Climbing to the top of Arthurs seat to see the best view of the city and also going to Calton Hill to see the Roman remnants that look over the town ...
- ... As it was too late to climb Arthur's seat (mountain over Edinburgh ) we climbed the smaller Calton hill which still gave us pretty views of the lights of the city ...
- ... They took us up Calton Hill for a view across Edinburgh, then took us out for a wonderful meal ...
- ... Packed up all our stuff, re-fuelled the car and then drove up to Calton Hill, a very high hill overlooking Edinburgh city ...
- ... I stopped at the Scott monument, Charlotte square, Calton Hill, and then over to the Parliament building before lunch ...
- ... We walked back agross town and up Calton hill for further views of the area, then back through town for a quick stop at Sainsbury's to fetch supplies and home ...
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- Edinburgh Sunset from Calton Hill by Teamollie from a blog titled Penguins and otters and lemurs, oh my!
- View of the Castle from Calton Hill by Cagonu from a blog titled Edinburgo - Viernes
- National Monument at Calton Hill by Dgbailey from a blog titled City of Edinburgh
- Tower at the top of Calton Hill by Cagonu from a blog titled Edinburgo - Viernes
- Calton Hill from Arthur's Seat by Steph_444 from a blog titled Can you see Glasgow from here?
- Calton Hill View of Edinburgh by Ccmdirector from a blog titled Edinburgh Arrival
- Monument at Calton Hill by Dgbailey from a blog titled City of Edinburgh
- View from Calton Hill by Traveled from a blog titled Newhaven, Rugby!, and more Wandering in the city.
- Sunset on Calton Hill by Sianna4685 from a blog titled Preparing to Leave
- Castle in Calton Hill by Cagonu from a blog titled Edinburgo - Viernes
- Top of Calton Hill by Scottmclean from a blog titled Day 3 in Edinburgh
- Calton Hill by Traveled from a blog titled Newhaven, Rugby!, and more Wandering in the city.
Calton Hill Cemetery - Edinburgh
Just a normal compilation of various clips shot around the Calton Hill Cemetery. No music or commentary.
My Calton Hill
Calton Hill through the eyes of an Edinburgh teenager. Lucy describes why Calton Hill is her favourite spot in Edinburgh.
The film was made as part of Edinburgh City Libraries' Tales of the City project. The project aimed to encourage young people to be creative and get involved in the arts through a variety of media.
Calton Hill Cemetery Edinburgh
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Scottish - American Soldiers Memorial
Its a very strange sight (in fact a big surprise) to walk into an old Scottish graveyard (Old Calton burial ground in Edinburgh) to see a life-size statue of Abraham Lincoln there. The bronze statue on the monument certainly looks out of place amongst all the weathered and worn tomb stones. Its actually a monument for Scottish - American soldiers (erected in 1893) to commemorate Scottish born soldiers who fought for the Union (North).
It's an usual and interesting monument, full of symbolism.
You may be interested in some of my other cemetery videos:
A visit to the magnificent Highgate East Cemetery (
A visit to All Saints Cemetery Nunhead ( )
A visit to the Cementerio Inglés de Málaga (
Messages for Le Touret war dead (
Presenting Cimetière Chinois de Nolette (
A Portrait of Abney Park Cemetery in London (
A Portrait of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (
Paddington Old Cemetery (
Cambrai East Military Cemetery (
A Portrait of St Symphorien Military Cemetery (
Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, UK
This city is the capital of Scotland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the War of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising in 1745.
Cementery near Lothian road Edinburgh
Cementerio en medio de la ciudad de Edinburgo , a 2 minutos de Princess street.
Greyfriars Kirkyard Tour Route
Dugald Stewart Monument Calton Hill Edinburgh Scotland April 1st
Tour Scotland video of the Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. The Dugald Stewart Monument is a memorial to the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart. It is situated on top of Calton Hill, overlooking Edinburgh city centre. The monument was built in 1831 to the design of architect William Henry Playfair, and modelled on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens
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에딘버러. 스코틀랜드의 수도이자 정치/ 문화의 중심지다. 수많은 문화 유적이 잘 보존되어 있어 ‘북부의 아테네’로도 불린다. 에딘버러를 찾는 사람들은 누구나 들리는 곳. 도시의 구시가지 로열마일이다. 옛 모습 그대로의 건축물과 관광객들이 어우러져 중세풍의 흥취를 자아낸다. 중세복장을 한 이 아가씨는 카메라를 향해 예쁜 미소를 보여준다. 골목 한 구석에 들려오는 음악소리. 스코틀랜드가 낳은 세계적 아이콘 백파이프다. 사람들은 잠시 연주를 듣고 지나가버리지만, 악사는 마치 오래전부터 그 자리에 있어온 것처럼 꿋꿋하게 연주를 계속한다.
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에딘버러. 스코틀랜드의 수도이자 정치/ 문화의 중심지다. 수많은 문화 유적이 잘 보존되어 있어 ‘북부의 아테네’로도 불린다. 에딘버러를 찾는 사람들은 누구나 들리는 곳. 도시의 구시가지 로열마일이다. 옛 모습 그대로의 건축물과 관광객들이 어우러져 중세풍의 흥취를 자아낸다. 중세복장을 한 이 아가씨는 카메라를 향해 예쁜 미소를 보여준다. 골목 한 구석에 들려오는 음악소리. 스코틀랜드가 낳은 세계적 아이콘 백파이프다. 사람들은 잠시 연주를 듣고 지나가버리지만, 악사는 마치 오래전부터 그 자리에 있어온 것처럼 꿋꿋하게 연주를 계속한다.
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■클립명: 유럽110-영국04-04 중세 풍 구시가지, 로열마일/Royal Mile/Old Town/Music/Song/Bagpipe
■여행, 촬영, 편집, 원고: 윤한용 PD (travel, filming, editing, writing: KBS TV Producer)
■촬영일자: 2009년 5월 May
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