City Observatory

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astronomical observatory historic building landmark

City Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory and prominent landmark situated on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Label	Occurrences
City Observatory canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Calton Hill ⓘ surface form: Calton Hill Observatory
architecturalStyle	Greek Revival ⓘ
associatedWith	Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	art gallery ⓘ cultural venue ⓘ
designedBy	William Henry Playfair ⓘ
hasComponent	City Dome ⓘ Old Observatory House ⓘ Playfair Building ⓘ Transit House ⓘ
hasDome	City Dome ⓘ
hasViewOf	Arthur’s Seat ⓘ surface form: Arthur's Seat Edinburgh Castle ⓘ Leith ⓘ New Town ⓘ surface form: New Town, Edinburgh
heritageDesignationAuthority	Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
heritageStatus	Category A listed building ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
location	Calton Hill ⓘ
managedBy	Collective (arts organisation) ⓘ
nearbyMonument	Dugald Stewart Monument ⓘ National Monument of Scotland ⓘ Nelson Monument ⓘ
notableFor	historic astronomical instruments ⓘ panoramic views of Edinburgh ⓘ
originalFunction	astronomical research ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ
overlooks	Edinburgh city centre zone ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh city centre Firth of Forth ⓘ
partOf	Calton Hill ⓘ surface form: Calton Hill monuments
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
region	Lothian ⓘ
reopenedAsArtSpace	2018 ⓘ
situatedOn	hilltop ⓘ

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

Calton Hill → hasStructure → City Observatory ⓘ