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The Dean Gallery is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the National Galleries of Scotland. It is twinned with the Edinburgh Gallery of Modern Art which lies on the opposite side of Belford Road. ==Building History== The building was built as a replacement for the Orphan Hospital at Shakespeare Square (formerly at the east end of Princes Street).〔http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83400663&mode=transcription〕 The building can partly be viewed as an incongruous mismatch, in that despite its high Baroque grandeur, it was designed as the Dean Orphanage. It was designed by Thomas Hamilton in 1831 and took three years to build. The upper towers (over the staircases) serve no function but contribute greatly to the Edinburgh skyline in the west of the city. The clock above the entrance comes from the 1764 demolition of the Netherbow Port on the Royal Mile, which formerly separated the High Street from the Canongate.〔Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh, by Gifford McWilliam and Walker〕 The building served as the Dean Education Centre for many decades before conversion to a gallery. The curious plot of allotment gardens at the main entrance date from 1940 when many school grounds were used for such purposes but here is one of the few examples not to have reverted to school grounds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean Gallery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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