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# National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait · OpenVibe.Tours

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# National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait

Completed in 1890, this is a striking red sandstone neo-Gothic building.

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![National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3WWK9MR444RNJ2VBGQC6A) Photo: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScottish_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg) · [licence](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

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## Why go

It holds portraits of Scots from down the ages, with new faces being added all the time: Billy Connolly and Tilda Swinton mingle with Mary Queen of Scots. The entrance hall has a grand frieze of notable Scots in procession.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Edinburgh/New_Town)

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   Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Maccoinnich~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMuseum_of_Scotland.jpg)
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