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Library Attractions In Uppsala County

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Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. It had 149,245 inhabitants in 2015.Located 71 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Uppsala is home to Scandinavia's largest cathedral – Uppsala Cathedral. Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest centre of higher education in Scandinavia. Among many achievements, the Celsius scale for temperature was invented there.
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Library Attractions In Uppsala County

  • 1. Carolina Rediviva University Library Uppsala
    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 Celsing. The name, literally Carolina Revived, was given in remembrance of the old Academia Carolina building, which had functioned as university library for most of the 18th century . Carolina Rediviva is the oldest and largest university library building in the country. It is also the site where the Codex Argenteus and the Cancionero de Upsala are kept.
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