Sonnenborgh Museum and Observatory

Sonnenborgh Museum and Observatory

Photo: Anefo · CC0

Year

1853

Type

building

Built into one of the four bastions constructed on the orders of Emperor Charles V for the defense of Utrecht between 1544 and 1558, Sonnenborgh was adapted as a university observatory in 1853 by the astronomer C.H.D. Buys Ballot, who also …

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