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Gustavianum

Gustavianum

Also known as Anatomisk Teatern, Museum Gustavianum, Theatrum Anatomicum Gustavianum

Architect

Year

1620

Type

museum

Gustavianum is the university building whose roof object became Uppsala's most legible architectural signature: Olof Rudbeck's copper cupola for the anatomical theatre. Caspar Panten designed the main building in 1622-1625 after Gustav II…

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Timeline

  1. 1620

    Original construction

    Caspar van Panten

  2. 1663

    Anatomical theatre

    Expansion by Olaus Rudbeck adding another floor and constructing the famous Theatrum Anatomicum within a large cupola on the roof.

    Olaus Rudbeck

  3. 1745

    18th-century renovation

    Renovation of the Gustavianum building during the 18th century by architect Carl Hårleman, who served as överintendent from 1741 until his death in 1753.

    Carl Hårleman

  4. 2019-2024

    Renovation

    Hidemark & Stintzing

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