Municipal Perspective, Royal Expectations, and the Use of Public Space: the case of the West Port, Edinburgh 1503-1633

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Municipal Perspective, Royal Expectations, and the Use of Public Space: the case of the West Port, Edinburgh 1503-1633

Guidicini, Giovanna (2011) Municipal Perspective, Royal Expectations, and the Use of Public Space: the case of the West Port, Edinburgh 1503-1633. Architectural Heritage, XXII.

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Guidicini, Giovanna

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This article discusses the role of the West Port as entry station of urban triumphal entries in Edinburgh, in the early modern period. Here the relationship between the entering monarch and the civic community was being displayed through temporary structures, speeches, and the presentation of gifts.

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West Port, gate, keys, triumphal entries, urban ceremonies, Edinburgh, civic space

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Mackintosh School of Architecture > History of Architecture & Urban Studies (HAUS)

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