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23.06.2020
Uppsala Art Museum Uppsala Art Museum is a city museum for art , located in the southern wing of Uppsala Castle in Uppsala . The Uppsala Art Museum has been located in the Uppsala Castle since 1995. The museum has three floors, where you can see old paintings from the art collection of Uppsala...
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23.06.2020
Vaksala Runestone The Vaksala Runestone, designated as U 961 under the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located close to Vaksala Church, near Uppsala, Sweden. The Vaksala Runestone is one of the approximately forty...
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23.06.2020
Vasaborgen Vasaborgen is part of Uppsala Castle, open to the public. Here you can wander through the ruins of the first castle, built in 1549 and burned in a fire in 1702. In summer excursions take place here every day and many fascinating stories about the castle will be told. Here you will also...
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22.06.2020
The House of Peace Fredens Hus is a non-profit association that has been working in the spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld since 2006 and has offices in Uppsala Castle. The House of Peace is a gathering place for peace, human rights and opportunity. Through exhibitions, projects and educational activities...
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22.06.2020
Upplandsmuseet Upplandsmuseet is the county museum of Uppsala County, Sweden. The institution is responsible for preservation and conducting research in the area of the cultural history and archaeology of the county, including the city of Uppsala (parts of the historical province of Uppland, from...
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22.06.2020
Disagarden Disagården, an open-air museum in Gamla Uppsala outside Uppsala in Uppsala County (Uppland). The object belongs to the Uppland Museum and consists of houses from the 1500s, 1600s, 1700s and 1800s, which together give an idea of what a mountain village might have looked like in...
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22.06.2020
University of Uppsala Botanical Garden The University of Uppsala Botanical Garden, near Uppsala Castle, is the principal botanical garden belonging to Uppsala University. It was created on land donated to the university in 1787 by Sweden's King Gustav III, who also laid the cornerstone of Linneanum, its orangery....
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22.06.2020
Linnaean Garden The Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus' Garden is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University in Sweden. It has been restored and is kept as an 18th-century botanical garden, according to the specifications of Carl Linnaeus. The garden was originally planned and...
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22.06.2020
The Linnaeus Museum The Linnaeus Museum is a biographical museum in the Linnaean Garden in Uppsala, Sweden, dedicated to the 18th century botanist Carl Linnaeus. It is run by the Swedish Linnaeus Society. The house was built by Olaus Rudbeck in 1693 and served as official residence for employees at...
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22.06.2020
Carolina Rediviva Carolina Rediviva is the main building of the Uppsala University Library in Uppsala, Sweden. The building was begun in 1820 and completed in 1841. The original architect was Carl Fredrik Sundvall. Later additions to the building have been designed by Axel Johan Anderberg and Peter...
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