Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

525 years of age today.

Today my Alma Mater celebrates its 525th birthday.

In 1495,  Pope Alexander VI issued a Papal Bull to support  Bishop Elphinstone's vision for Aberdeen to have a University that was "open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others".

My photograph is an etching of Kings College chapel which itself dates from  1498;

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