National Monument of Scotland

E352526

monument tourist attraction war memorial

The National Monument of Scotland is an unfinished early 19th-century memorial on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, inspired by the Parthenon and dedicated to Scottish soldiers and sailors who died in the Napoleonic Wars.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
National Monument of Scotland canonical	4

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Scottish national identity ⓘ
category	buildings and structures in Edinburgh ⓘ monuments and memorials in Edinburgh ⓘ war memorials in Edinburgh ⓘ
commemorates	Scottish soldiers and sailors who died in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
constructionStatus	unfinished ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Scottish sailors ⓘ Scottish soldiers ⓘ
era	early 19th century ⓘ
fundingSource	public subscription ⓘ
hasFeature	twelve massive Doric columns ⓘ
hasViewOf	Arthur’s Seat ⓘ surface form: Arthur's Seat Edinburgh Castle ⓘ Firth of Forth ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry	Scotland ⓘ
inspiredBy	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon, Athens
intendedToResemble	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
location	Calton Hill ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
near	Dugald Stewart Monument ⓘ Nelson Monument ⓘ Old Royal High School ⓘ surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
nickname	Scotland's Disgrace ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh's Disgrace Scotland's Disgrace ⓘ
oversees	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: city of Edinburgh
ownedBy	City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
partOf	Calton Hill ⓘ surface form: Calton Hill monuments
purpose	national memorial ⓘ
significantEvent	foundation stone laid on 27 August 1822 ⓘ
startDate	1826 ⓘ
tourism	popular viewpoint over Edinburgh ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calton Hill → hasStructure → National Monument of Scotland ⓘ

Nelson Monument → locatedNear → National Monument of Scotland ⓘ

City Observatory → nearbyMonument → National Monument of Scotland ⓘ

Political Martyrs’ Monument → nearby → National Monument of Scotland ⓘ