第1个回答 2011-06-28
纪念塔是为了纪念苏格兰最著名的历史作家司各特而建。建筑通体高60多米，是典型的哥特式建筑，四座小型尖塔拱卫着中央高塔，高塔底部四方都是拱门，显得更加轻灵。建筑材料是爱丁堡附近开采的砂石，由于石质疏松，在短短不到200年时间中就变成黑褐色，显得历史悠久。
塔中央立着白色大理石的司各特雕像，从四面都能看得到。雕像中司各特身穿长袍，身边卧着他的爱犬。
纪念塔的设计是从全苏格兰征集的方案中挑选出来的，方案征集就用了三年时间。而最后入选的设计师是名不见经传的苏格兰牧民之子坎普，他甚至没有敢在设计稿上使用真名。
塔中央立着白色大理石的司各特雕像，从四面都能看得到。雕像中司各特身穿长袍，身边卧着他的爱犬。
纪念塔的设计是从全苏格兰征集的方案中挑选出来的，方案征集就用了三年时间。而最后入选的设计师是名不见经传的苏格兰牧民之子坎普，他甚至没有敢在设计稿上使用真名。
第2个回答 2011-06-28
这是苏格兰纪念碑 属于维多利亚哥特式
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (not to be confused with the National Monument). It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street and near to Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station.
The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61.11 m) high, and has a series of viewing decks reached by a series of narrow spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings. The highest viewing deck is reached by a total of 287 steps (those who climb the steps can obtain a certificate commemorating the event). It is built from Binny sandstone quarried in nearby Ecclesmachan. This oily stone was known to attract dirt quickly and was probably a deliberate choice to allow the Gothic form to quickly obtain the patina of age. Arguably the soot of Edinburgh's chimneys, in combination with smoke from the nearby railway line and Waverley Station perhaps over-egged the result, and it is now very hard to make out the numerous carved figures. Bill Bryson has described it as looking like a "gothic rocket ship".[1]
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (not to be confused with the National Monument). It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street and near to Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station.
The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61.11 m) high, and has a series of viewing decks reached by a series of narrow spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings. The highest viewing deck is reached by a total of 287 steps (those who climb the steps can obtain a certificate commemorating the event). It is built from Binny sandstone quarried in nearby Ecclesmachan. This oily stone was known to attract dirt quickly and was probably a deliberate choice to allow the Gothic form to quickly obtain the patina of age. Arguably the soot of Edinburgh's chimneys, in combination with smoke from the nearby railway line and Waverley Station perhaps over-egged the result, and it is now very hard to make out the numerous carved figures. Bill Bryson has described it as looking like a "gothic rocket ship".[1]
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司各特纪念碑
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