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Playfair's Monument, City Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Playfair Monument, Calton Hill

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Monument to John Playfair, mathematician, natural philosopher and father of the eminent architect, William Playfair. The son designed his father's monument in the neo-classical style appropriate to a figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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on 17 February 2011

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Building ID: 200365164
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