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Architecture of Aberdeen

Index Architecture of Aberdeen

The Architecture of Aberdeen is known for the use of granite as the principal construction material. [1]

73 relations: Aberdeen, Aberdeen Castle, Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen Grammar School, Acts of Union 1800, Albert, Prince Consort, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, Andrew Carnegie, Archibald Simpson, Battle of Harlaw, Bridge of Dee, Brig o' Balgownie, Carlo Marochetti, Castlegate, Aberdeen, Central Library, Aberdeen, Charles George Gordon, Churchyard, Cults, Aberdeen, Don Juan (poem), Duthie Park, Edward VII, Edwardian Baroque architecture, El Escorial, Elgin, Moray, Gavin Dunbar (bishop of Aberdeen), George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, Granite, Great North of Scotland Railway, His Majesty's Theatre, Ireland, James Gibbs, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, James I of Scotland, James II of England, James McGrigor, James Pittendrigh Macgillivray, John Smith (architect), Kirk of St Nicholas, List of provosts of Aberdeen, Lord Byron, Madrid, Marischal College, Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Masonic Temple, Mercat cross, Mica, Music Hall Aberdeen, National Bank of Scotland, Provost Skene, ..., Queen Victoria, Queen's Cross, Richard I of England, River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Don, Aberdeenshire, Robert Burns, Robert Gordon (philanthropist), Robert Gordon's College, Robert the Bruce, Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer), Sandstone, Scotland, St Machar's Cathedral, Suspension bridge, The Salvation Army, Unicorn, Union Street, Aberdeen, Union Terrace Gardens, University, Wellington Suspension Bridge, William Elphinstone, William Grant Stevenson, William Wallace. Expand index (23 more) »

Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.

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Aberdeen Castle

Aberdeen Castle was a late Middle Ages fortification, in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland.

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Aberdeen Grammar School

Aberdeen Grammar School is a state secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Acts of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes erroneously referred to as a single Act of Union 1801) were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Albert, Prince Consort

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria.

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Alexander Marshall Mackenzie

Alexander Marshall MacKenzie (1 January 1848 – 4 May 1933) was a Scottish architect responsible for prestigious projects including the headquarters of the Isle of Man Banking Company in Douglas, and Australia House and the Waldorf Hotel in London.

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (but commonly or;MacKay, p. 29. November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.

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Archibald Simpson

Archibald Simpson (4 May 1790 – 23 March 1847) was a Scottish architect, who along with his rival John Smith, is regarded as having fashioned the character of Aberdeen as "The Granite City".

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Battle of Harlaw

The Battle of Harlaw (Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.

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Bridge of Dee

The Bridge of Dee or Brig o' Dee is a road bridge over the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Brig o' Balgownie

The Brig o' Balgownie (originally Bridge of Don) is a 13th-century bridge spanning the River Don in Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Carlo Marochetti

Baron Carlo (Charles) Marochetti (4 January 1805 – 29 December 1867) was an Italian-born French sculptor.

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Castlegate, Aberdeen

Castlegate is a small area of Aberdeen, Scotland, located centrally at the east end of the city's main thoroughfare Union Street.

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Central Library, Aberdeen

The Central Library of Aberdeen in Scotland is located on Rosemount Viaduct and is the main library for the city.

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Charles George Gordon

Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator.

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Churchyard

A churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself.

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Cults, Aberdeen

Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Don Juan (poem)

Don Juan (see below) is a satiric poem, Gregg A. Hecimovich by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but as someone easily seduced by women.

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Duthie Park

Duthie Park, situated in Aberdeen, Scotland, by the banks of the River Dee, comprises of land given to the council in 1881 by Lady Elizabeth Duthie of Ruthrieston, in memory of her uncle and of her brother.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Edwardian Baroque architecture

Edwardian Baroque is the Neo-Baroque architectural style of many public buildings built in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910).

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El Escorial

The Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid), commonly known as El Escorial, is a historical residence of the King of Spain, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, about northwest of the capital, Madrid, in Spain.

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Elgin, Moray

Elgin (Eilginn, Ailgin) is a town (former cathedral city) and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland.

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Gavin Dunbar (bishop of Aberdeen)

Gavin Dunbar (died 1532) was a 16th-century bishop of Aberdeen.

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George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592March 1649), styled Earl of Enzie from 1599 to 1636, eldest son of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly by Lady Henrietta Stewart, daughter of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, was brought up in England as a Protestant, and later created Viscount Aboyne by Charles I.

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George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon

General George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (2 February 1770 – 28 May 1836), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1827, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician and the last of his illustrious line.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Great North of Scotland Railway

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR/GNoSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating in the north-east of the country.

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His Majesty's Theatre

His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen is the largest theatre in north-east Scotland, seating more than 1,400.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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James Gibbs

James Gibbs (23 December 1682 – 5 August 1754) was one of Britain's most influential architects.

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – 21 May 1650) was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed.

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James I of Scotland

James I (late July 139421 February 1437), the youngest of three sons, was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and his wife Annabella Drummond.

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James II of England

James II and VII (14 October 1633O.S. – 16 September 1701An assertion found in many sources that James II died 6 September 1701 (17 September 1701 New Style) may result from a miscalculation done by an author of anonymous "An Exact Account of the Sickness and Death of the Late King James II, as also of the Proceedings at St. Germains thereupon, 1701, in a letter from an English gentleman in France to his friend in London" (Somers Tracts, ed. 1809–1815, XI, pp. 339–342). The account reads: "And on Friday the 17th instant, about three in the afternoon, the king died, the day he always fasted in memory of our blessed Saviour's passion, the day he ever desired to die on, and the ninth hour, according to the Jewish account, when our Saviour was crucified." As 17 September 1701 New Style falls on a Saturday and the author insists that James died on Friday, "the day he ever desired to die on", an inevitable conclusion is that the author miscalculated the date, which later made it to various reference works. See "English Historical Documents 1660–1714", ed. by Andrew Browning (London and New York: Routledge, 2001), 136–138.) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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James McGrigor

Sir James McGrigor, 1st Baronet, LLD (9 April 1771 – 2 April 1858) was a Scottish physician, military surgeon and botanist, considered to be the man largely responsible for the creation of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

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James Pittendrigh Macgillivray

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John Smith (architect)

John Smith (1781 – 22 July 1852) was a Scottish architect.

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Kirk of St Nicholas

The Kirk of St Nicholas is a historic church located in the city centre of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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List of provosts of Aberdeen

The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City local authority in Scotland.

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Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Marischal College

Marischal College is a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and since 2011 has acted as the headquarters of Aberdeen City Council.

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Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Masonic Temple

A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets.

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Mercat cross

A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.

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Mica

The mica group of sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals includes several closely related materials having nearly perfect basal cleavage.

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Music Hall Aberdeen

The Music Hall is a concert hall in Aberdeen, Scotland, formerly the city's Assembly Rooms, located on Union Street in the city centre.

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National Bank of Scotland

The National Bank of Scotland was founded as a joint stock bank in 1825.

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Provost Skene

Sir George Skene was Provost of the city of Aberdeen in Scotland from 1676 to 1685.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queen's Cross

Queen's Cross is an area in the West End of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death.

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River Dee, Aberdeenshire

The River Dee (Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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River Don, Aberdeenshire

The River Don (Deathan) is a river in north-east Scotland.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Robert Gordon (philanthropist)

Robert Gordon (1668–1731), a 17th-century merchant and philanthropist, was born in Aberdeen.

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Robert Gordon's College

Robert Gordon's College is a private co-educational day school in the heart of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.

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Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer)

Captain Sir Samuel Brown of Netherbyres KH FRSE (1776 – 13 March 1852) was an early pioneer of chain design and manufacture and of suspension bridge design and construction.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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St Machar's Cathedral

St Machar's Cathedral (or, more formally, the Cathedral Church of St Machar) is a Church of Scotland church in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Suspension bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (the load-bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.

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Unicorn

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.

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Union Street, Aberdeen

Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Union Terrace Gardens

Union Terrace Gardens is a public park and gardens situated on Union Terrace in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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Wellington Suspension Bridge

The Wellington Suspension Bridge (also known as the Chain Bridge and Craiglug Bridge) is a suspension bridge crossing the River Dee from Ferryhill to Craiglug in Aberdeen, north east Scotland.

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William Elphinstone

William Elphinstone (1431 – 25 October 1514) was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.

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William Grant Stevenson

William Grant Stevenson (1849–1919) was a Scottish sculptor and portrait painter.

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William Wallace

Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas; Norman French: William le Waleys; died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Aberdeen

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