Calton Hill

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hill public park tourist attraction

Calton Hill is a prominent hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its panoramic city views and collection of historic monuments and buildings.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Calton Hill area 1
Calton Hill monuments 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hill ⓘ
public park ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
category Hills of Edinburgh ⓘ
Parks and commons in Edinburgh ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Edinburgh ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
elevation approximately 103 metres ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic plug ⓘ
hasAccess pedestrian paths ⓘ
road access from Regent Road ⓘ
hasMonumentStyle Classical architecture (Dugald Stewart Monument) ⓘ
Greek Revival architecture (National Monument) ⓘ
Nelson Monument ⓘ
surface form: Nelson Monument tower
hasStructure City Observatory ⓘ
Dugald Stewart Monument ⓘ
Monument to Scottish-American Soldiers ⓘ
National Monument of Scotland ⓘ
Nelson Monument ⓘ
Old Royal High School ⓘ
Political Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ
Portuguese Cannon ⓘ
hasViewOf Arthur’s Seat ⓘ
Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Firth of Forth ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor city skyline views ⓘ
historic monuments ⓘ
panoramic views of Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh

Edinburgh ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
central Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedNear Leith ⓘ
surface form: Leith Walk

Princes Street ⓘ
Regent Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn eastern end of Princes Street ⓘ
managedBy City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
overlooks Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh city centre

New Town ⓘ
surface form: New Town, Edinburgh

Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
partOf Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh city centre
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
usedFor festivals and events ⓘ
photography ⓘ
public recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Canongate → adjacentTo → Calton Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calton Hill area
Regent Road, Edinburgh → adjacentTo → Calton Hill ⓘ
Edinburgh → hasLandmark → Calton Hill ⓘ
Calton Jail → locatedNear → Calton Hill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calton Hill monuments
Calton Jail → locatedOn → Calton Hill ⓘ
Arthur’s Seat → near → Calton Hill ⓘ
Holyrood Park → near → Calton Hill ⓘ
Royal Mile → near → Calton Hill ⓘ
Palace of Holyroodhouse → nearby → Calton Hill ⓘ