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Dryburgh is a village in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 region of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, famous for Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scotland Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunningham and Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland....
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circular nine columned gazebo
Gazebo

A gazebo is a pavilion , often octagonal, commonly found in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding, or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, basic shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest....
 stands on a mound overlooking the River Tweed
River Tweed

There are other rivers with this name: see Tweed RiverThe River Tweed flows primarily through the Scottish Borders region of England and Scotland....
 at the west end of the village. It is dedicated to the poet James Thomson, author of The Seasons, and his bust can be seen on the top of the structure.

The temple originally contained a stone statue of the Apollo Belvedere
Apollo Belvedere

The Apollo Belvedere or Apollo of the Belvedere, also called the Pythian Apollo, is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity....
 on a circular pedestal showing nine Muse
Muse

File:Muse reading Louvre CA2220.jpgThe Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts....
s with laurel wreath
Laurel wreath

A laurel wreath is a circular wreath made of interlocking branches and leaves of the Bay Laurel , an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. In Greek mythology, Apollo is represented wearing a laurel wreath on his head....
s.






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Dryburgh is a village in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 region of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, famous for Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scotland Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunningham and Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland....
.

The Temple of the Muses

This circular nine columned gazebo
Gazebo

A gazebo is a pavilion , often octagonal, commonly found in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding, or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, basic shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest....
 stands on a mound overlooking the River Tweed
River Tweed

There are other rivers with this name: see Tweed RiverThe River Tweed flows primarily through the Scottish Borders region of England and Scotland....
 at the west end of the village. It is dedicated to the poet James Thomson, author of The Seasons, and his bust can be seen on the top of the structure.

The temple originally contained a stone statue of the Apollo Belvedere
Apollo Belvedere

The Apollo Belvedere or Apollo of the Belvedere, also called the Pythian Apollo, is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity....
 on a circular pedestal showing nine Muse
Muse

File:Muse reading Louvre CA2220.jpgThe Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts....
s with laurel wreath
Laurel wreath

A laurel wreath is a circular wreath made of interlocking branches and leaves of the Bay Laurel , an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. In Greek mythology, Apollo is represented wearing a laurel wreath on his head....
s. Bronze figures of the Four Seasons by Siobhan O'Hehir were installed as a replacement in 2002.