The 18th century
is the century of the Scottish Enlightenment, which brought in notable figures
such as Adam Smith the economist or Robert Adam, the famous Neo-Classic
Architect.
This is the
century that brought the expansion of Edinburgh through the construction of the
New Town, a large area built in a
fabulous Neo-Classical style, using an urban discourse of great scholarship and
developing a successive series of streets, squares, terraces, crescents and
circus.
In Robert Adam's remarkable Charlotte Square,
you can visit a National Trust house furnished and decorated in a pure Georgian
style and illustrative of the everyday life of the time.
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