Västgöta nation
1604
building
Västgöta nation occupies an unusually old town house at the corner of Västra Ågatan and Slottsgränd, set directly on the Fyrisån embankment. The likely building year of 1604 sits above cellar vaults that are older still, and the house is…
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Timeline
- 1871
Adrian Crispin Peterson rebuilt and renovated the nation house, one of several Uppsala nation houses he reworked during his years of practice in the city between 1866 and 1872.
Adrian Crispin Peterson
- 1900-1901
A rebuilding to Gustaf Lindgren's drawings gave the house its present appearance, adding the tower and the wall paintings in the great hall that show Västergötland's towns, castles and churches.
Gustaf Lindgren
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Image credits
- · Public domain
- Created by Sean Biehle (Flickr user seamusiv) and and originally uploaded there under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License. Brightness and contrast has been somewhat enhanced and image cropped to focus on Västgöta nation. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Created by Sean Biehle (Flickr user seamusiv) and originally uploaded there under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License. Brightness and contrast has been somewhat enhanced. · CC BY-SA 2.0
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