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Réf.
41440
Type
conference item
Titre
The city of Edinburgh - Landscape and stone
Langues
English
Auteurs
McMillan, Andrew / Hyslop, Ewan
Date
2008
Pagination de section
1-12
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Quebec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
World Heritage List / stone / townscapes / spirit of place / building materials / historic town centres / intangible heritage / landscapes / historic towns
Pays mentionnés
United Kingdom
Monuments et sites
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
N° Patrimoine mondial
728
Résumé en anglais
The City of Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, owes its uniquecharacter and sense of place to its spectacular geological setting, its
people and its buildings. The cityscape is defined by its rocky naturallandscape, moulded by glaciers, and by the fabric and varying
architecture of the city’s buildings which employed much indigenousbuilding stone. The local sandstones, some of the finest in Britain,
supplied the majority of buildings constructed within the World HeritageSite of the New and Old Towns. Today’s challenge is to plan for
development of a thriving city whilst ensuring that both the stone-builtheritage and the historical spirit of the city are maintained for future
generations. Appropriate stone selection and safeguarding of resourcesform a vital part of good conservation practice.
people and its buildings. The cityscape is defined by its rocky naturallandscape, moulded by glaciers, and by the fabric and varying
architecture of the city’s buildings which employed much indigenousbuilding stone. The local sandstones, some of the finest in Britain,
supplied the majority of buildings constructed within the World HeritageSite of the New and Old Towns. Today’s challenge is to plan for
development of a thriving city whilst ensuring that both the stone-builtheritage and the historical spirit of the city are maintained for future
generations. Appropriate stone selection and safeguarding of resourcesform a vital part of good conservation practice.
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