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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Edinburgh
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p><strong>Access by guided tour only (lasting approximately 30mins), which must be booked in advance.</strong></p><p><strong>Guided tour only which must be booked by emailing currievale@hotmail.com<br /></strong></p><p>Image (c) <a href="http://www.scran.ac.uk/">www.scran.ac.uk</a></p>
OpeningTime1
11.00-16.00 - pre-booked guided tours only
ArchitectName
W H Playfair
OpeningDate1
24/9/2011
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
11658
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Calton Hill
Postcode
EH7 5AA
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Old City Observatory
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
edinburgh
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1747
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.95505,-3.183696;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The New Observatory was built to the plan of WH Playfair between 1818 and 1822 to be a Scientific Observatory and is the earliest of Playfair�s many Edinburgh masterpieces. Modeled on the Temple of the Four Winds in Athens, it<br />blends with the nearby Classical Architecture.</p><p><br />The building was the Royal Observatory throughout the 18th century and some of the original instruments and time pieces can still be viewed in their historic setting.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1818/1822