Edinburgh

Klappentext The historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church, its Royal Mile leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood; as a merchant city of the Stuart period with Parliament House and closely built houses and tenements; as a Georgian town with the largest sequence of planned developments in Britain; as a Victorian town of churches and banks, hotels and pubs, of quiet surburbs; and as a twentieth-century city where the Festival and its Fringe have encouraged the rediscovery of old buildings and the planning of new ones. A comprehensive gazetteer is provided to all notable developments of central Edinburgh, the seaport town of Leith and the suburban neighbourhoods. Zusammenfassung The historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church! its Royal Mile leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood. It is discussed as a merchant city! as a Georgian town! and as a 20th century city.

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• Autori: John Gifford, John Mcwilliam Gifford, Gifford John, GIFFORD JOHN MCWILLIAM COLIN WAL, Colin McWilliam, McWilliam Colin, David Walker, Christopher Wilson
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.03.1991
• EAN: 9780300096729
• ISBN: 978-0-300-09672-9
• Pagine: 736
• Serie: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland; Pevsner Buildings of Scotland (Yale); Pevsner Buildings of Scotland
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / General, Central Scotland