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- main concourse. Repairs to the castle were made in the 18th century + at that time the interior was given painted design
The old castle was another most interesting
building. The big council or banquet hall
is magnificent in its massive symmetry
+ so unlike the British castles in design +
detail. It was the original seat of the
Swedish monarchy.
At old Uppsala - destroyed by fire in 1720
there are 3 large earth mounds + many
smaller ones. One of them has been
excavated + found to contain the boat burials
of a series of viking noblemen. In a small
museum I examined many relics in the
form of armour, swords, etc [etcetera] taken from
the excavation. The same building houses
the original anatomical theatre where Olvus
Rudebeck [Olaus Rudbeck] demonstrated human anatomy +
made his discovery of the lymphatic system.
The same Rudebeck [Olaus Rudbeck] was artist, sculptor,
architect, botanist (laid out the original +
the Royal botanical gardens here) + worked
effectively in several other fields. On the
street where Linne [Linnaeus] had his house several other
famous Swedes lived including Celsius of
Centigrade thermometer fame.
I was shown through the very fine
Zoological Institute that houses the 4 man
department of zoology. It is a beautiful modern
building with an excellent museum and
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