Calton Hill: promenades, panoramas and panopticons

Calton Hill: promenades, panoramas and panopticons

Walking tour of Calton Hill area, with Hetty Lancaster

Venue: meet in front of St Andrews House, Regent Road
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost: £8

With Hetty Lancaster

This walk examines Calton Hill’s 18th-century role as a site for promenades, panoramas and panopticons, combining elements of social history, visual culture, architecture and urban design.  It also explores some of the more intangible aspects of the site’s history.

Please note the walk includes steps, slopes and uneven ground.

 

To book:  please apply to Caroline McFarlane, details at the foot of the page here

 

Image Robert Adam Panopticon designs, Scran

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