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The area known as the New Town was added from the second half of the 18th century onwards. Edinburgh was Scotland's largest city until Glasgow outgrew it in the first two decades of the 19th century. Following Scottish devolution in the very late 20th century, Scotland's Parliament was re-established in Edinburgh.
Similar patterns in Scotland can be seen at St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow (1737–59), designed by Allan Dreghorn (1706–64) and built by the master mason Mungo Nasmyth. Gibbs' own design for St. Nicholas West, Aberdeen (1752–55), had the same rectangular plan, with a nave-and-aisles, barrel-vaulted layout with superimposed pedimented ...
In 1451, the University of Glasgow was founded by papal bull and established in religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. By the start of the 16th century, Glasgow had become an important religious and academic city and by the 17th century the university had moved from the cathedral precincts to its own building in the High Street.
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster in the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century. The area was developed from farmland by Henry VIII in 1536, when it became a royal park.
Years of the 19th century in Scotland (100 C, 100 P) Pages in category "19th century in Scotland" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
The city of Glasgow, Scotland is particularly noted for its 19th-century Victorian architecture, and the early-20th-century "Glasgow Style", as developed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Very little of medieval Glasgow remains, the two main landmarks from this period being the 15th-century Provand's Lordship and 12th-century St. Mungo's Cathedral. St.
1639: Decisions of Glasgow Church of Scotland assembly ratified 1640: Completion of Parliament House 1641: Birth of Sir Robert Sibbald, Geographer Royal [26] 1642 or 1645: Mary King's Close abandoned 1645-46: Outbreak of plague in Edinburgh and Leith [27] 1647: James Gordon of Rothiemay's map of Edinburgh; completion of the Tron Kirk
The Forth Railway Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland. Glasgow Tower, Scotland's tallest tower, and the IMAX Cinema at the Glasgow Science Centre. James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam; John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam; Robert Adam (1728–1792)