Robert Burns Statue

I've often mentioned Robert Burns in my minube articles. He's a literary genius and one of the key figures in terms of the Scottish national consciousness, and if there's one place where we can really feel his presence and work life, it's Dumfries. He didn't live here all his life, but he spent plenty of time here, and you can visit his grave as well as his house, gardens, and a cultural center. This was the city where he wrote some of his most famous poems, and everywhere you go you'll find references to him, as in the case of this beautiful monument.

This monument, which stands on the High Street, was financed by the people of the city and completed in April 1882.