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Scott Monument
Monument and landmark in Edinburgh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Scott Statue (disambiguation).
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana.[1] It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the former Jenners building on Princes Street and near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott's Waverley novels.
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