Kungshuset, Lund
Also known as Lundagårdshuset
1584
Renaissance
palace
A red-brick royal residence built between 1578 and 1584 by master builder Düriik for Frederick II of Denmark, on land taken from the medieval archbishop's fortified Lundagård estate after the Reformation. The original masonry partly…
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Timeline
- 1688
Kungshuset was taken over by the new Lund University and converted from royal residence to academic main building.
- 1732
The tower's oak spiral stair was rebuilt as an exact copy of the 1584 original.
- 1836-1839
A major rebuilding under Brunius, working from a proposal by court architect Axel Nyström.
Carl Georg Brunius
- 1877-1879
Exterior adaptation to the new Universitetsplatsen setting;plaster was removed from the brick facades.
Helgo Zettervall
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