Great and informative video. I was in Edinburgh in July and fell in love with the city. It seemed everywhere I looked there was something beautiful--buildings, monuments, parks, etc. I'm a big fan of Scottish Baronial architecture so I can happily say my needs were met. . . not to mention there was a pub around every corner. Thanks, Darryl
As a Playfair, I was delighted to see William Henry Playfair, my great grandfather's namesake and from whom I get my middle name, mentioned. His works dominate the New City and particularly on Calton Hill where his other works include the National Monument, the City Observatory and the the Dugald Stewart Monument.
The building you called the observatory is actually the Nelson monument. The observatory is close by. The National Monument is known locally as the Disgrace of Edinburgh as it was never completed. It was supposed to be a complete copy of a Greek temple but the money ran out.
Arthur’s seat was apocryphally named fo King Arthur. He was supposedly a Northumbrian king which would certainly fit, however recently he seems to have been claimed as Cornish and there has been a concerted effort to justify this switch.
Is there a reason the title card for St. Giles Cathedral is spelled wrong at 4:53? Is it spelled without the 'h' that way? I don't think so. I looked it up to be certain, and I didn't find that spelling anywhere else I looked. This video has been up since 2015 (writing this in August 2021), you would think someone would have noticed and fixed that by now. It is hard to take anything with such a glaring error seriously.
Arthur's seat may very well have a strong connection with the legendary king of the same name. Scotland has just as much of a claim to him as any other part of Great Britain. He may never have existed at all so the point is rather moot.
I'm afraid that I'm not hearing anything more than a man that pronounces Scottish places and phrases correctly. I'm picking up an upper crust, or old time BBC presenter affectation. I could be wrong, I am quite often. Regardless, one of my favorite cities on Earth.
what do you mean has nothing to do with king Arthur? It has EVERYTHING to do with king Arthur and the MacArthur name and MacAlpine are the roots to the Arthurian legend. He was a Celt after all.
