Marischal College

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Marischal College ( MAR-shəl) was one of the two universities in Aberdeen between 1593 and 1860, alongside King's College, Aberdeen, with which it merged to form the University of Aberdeen in 1860. Its nineteenth-century building, first constructed between 1837 and 1844 and substantially extended between 1893 and 1906, has served since 2011 as the headquarters of Aberdeen City Council. Today, it provides corporate office space and public access to services, adjacent to the Town House, the city's historic seat of local government. It is the second largest granite building in the world, and has been described as the city's "most famous landmark". The building was used by the University of Aberdeen for academic purposes until the mid-20th century and less and less until the early 2000s. During this period the building was frequently rebuilt and expanded. In the mid-to-late 20th century, teaching and academic activities at the university began to move to King's College or Foresterhill (for...

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