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Aberdeen Market Cross Aberdeen around 1900. There has been a human presence in the area of Aberdeen since the Stone Age.Aberdeen as a city, grew up as two separate burghs: Old Aberdeen, the university and cathedral settlement, at the mouth of the River Don; and New Aberdeen, a fishing and trading settlement where the Denburn entered the Dee estuary.
Aberdeen has hosted several theatres throughout its history, some of which have been converted or destroyed. The most famous include: His Majesty's Theatre (HMT), on Rosemount Viaduct [118] The Tivoli, on Guild Street [119] Capitol Theatre, on Union Street [120] Aberdeen Arts Centre, on King Street [121] The Palace Theatre, on Bridge Street [122]
The Old Town House College Bounds, Old Aberdeen King's College, High Street, Old Aberdeen Powis Gates. Located to the north of Aberdeen city centre, Old Aberdeen was for a long time fairly isolated at the edge of the city, being followed to the north by the River Don, Seaton Park and the small Brig o' Balgownie hamlet.
The area in modern times known as Old Aberdeen is the approximate location of the first and original Scottish settlement of Aberdeen. Originally the name was Aberdon which literally means "at the mouth of the Don", as it is situated by the mouth of the river Don.
Battle of Aberdeen (1646) Aberdeen Castle; Aberdeen charitable trusts; Aberdeen Corporation Tramways; Aberdeen Harbour; Aberdeen poorhouses; Aberdeen Society of Architects; Aberdeen trades hospitals; Alexander Hall and Sons
Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen (Scots: Coontie o Aiberdeen, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is a historic county in Scotland.The county gives its name to the modern Aberdeenshire council area, which covers a larger area than the historic county.
The architecture of Aberdeen, Scotland, is known for the use of granite as the principal construction material. The stone, which has been quarried in and around the city, has given Aberdeen the epithet The Granite City , or more romantically, and less commonly used, the Silver City , after the mica in the stone which sparkles in the sun.
King's College quad. King's College was the first university in Aberdeen, the third in Scotland and the fifth in the British Isles.In 1495, William Elphinstone, the relatively newly appointed Bishop of Aberdeen, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of King James IV to create the facility to cure the ignorance he had witnessed within his parish and in the north generally.