Uppsala

Uppsala alongside its cathedral

Uppsala (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɵpːˈsɑːla]; older spelling Upsala) is the majuscule of Uppsala County together with the quaternary largest metropolis of Sweden alongside 140,454 inhabitants (2010).

Located most seventy km due north of the capital, Stockholm, it is also the spot of the Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden, beingness the spot of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Founded inward 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest centre of higher pedagogy inward Scandinavia.

 Stora Torget

History

Uppsala was originally located a few km to the north, at a location right away known equally Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala). Today's Uppsala was thus called Östra Aros. (Old) Uppsala was, according to medieval author Adam of Bremen, the primary pagan centre of Sweden, together with the Temple at Uppsala contained magnificent idols of the Æsir gods.

As a replacement for the Scandinavian gods, Uppsala was made into a potent Christian centre. H5N1 bishop was presently consecrated, together with inward 1164 Uppsala was made into an archdiocese, alongside Stefan, a monk from Alvastra Abbey, beingness consecrated the start Archbishop of Uppsala together with primate of Sweden.

 Uppsala University, founded inward 1477 together with is the oldest academy inward Scandinavia

The present-day Uppsala was at that fourth dimension known equally Östra Aros together with was a port town of Gamla Uppsala. In 1274, Östra Aros overtook Gamla Uppsala equally the primary regional centre, together with when the cathedral of Gamla Uppsala burnt down, the archbishopric was moved to Östra Aros, where the impressive Uppsala Cathedral was erected; it was inaugurated inward 1435. The cathedral is built inward the Gothic trend together with is 1 of the largest inward northern Europe, alongside towers reaching 118.70 metres.

 The Botanical Garden

Uppsala is the site of the oldest academy inward Scandinavia, founded inward 1477. Carolus Linnaeus, 1 of the renowned scholars of Uppsala University, lived inward the metropolis for many years, together with both his solid together with garden tin nevertheless endure visited. Uppsala is also the site of the 16th century Uppsala Castle. The metropolis was severely damaged yesteryear a forcefulness out inward 1702. Historical together with cultural treasures were also lost, equally inward many Swedish cities, from demolitions during the 1960s together with 1970s, precisely many historic buildings remain, specially inward the western locomote of the city. The arms alongside the king of beasts tin endure traced from 1737. It has been modernized several times since, most lately inward 1986. The pregnant of the king of beasts is non certainly precisely is probable connected to the violet lion, also depicted on the Coat of Arms of Sweden.

Uppsala Castle

Climate

Uppsala has a humid continental climate, alongside mutual frigidity winters together with warm summers.

The climate tabular array below presents weather condition information from the years 1961 - 1990. According to ongoing measurements, the temperature has increased during the years 1991 - 2014 equally compared alongside the final series. This increment is on annual reason roughly 1.4 °C. Warming is most pronounced during the wintertime months, alongside an increment of to a greater extent than than 2.0 °C (around a 3.6 °F - 4 °F increase) inward January.

Main sights

The Fyris river (Fyrisån) neatly divides the metropolis into ii unlike parts: the historic quarter to the westward of the river together with the administrative, residential together with commercial expanse to the east. Most of the features of involvement are inward the western part, dominated yesteryear the cathedral, together with alongside its onetime streets, river views together with parks.

The most outstanding edifice inward Uppsala is the Domkyrka (Uppsala Cathedral), Scandinavia's largest church building (118.70 1000 (389.44 ft) high), which is visible from most parts of town together with from the motorway.

Facing the westward cease of the cathedral is the Gustavianum, built inward 1625 to endure the primary edifice of the University, together with served equally such through most of the 19th century. It contains the Museum of Nordic Antiquities, the Victoria Museum (of Egyptian antiquities) together with the University's cultural history collections. It also houses a perfectly preserved 17th-century anatomical home (used inward its fourth dimension for world dissections). Across the street from the Gustavianum stands the novel primary edifice of the university, erected inward 1879–86 inward Italian renaissance style. The Uppsala University Coin Cabinet is located inward the academy primary building.

Not far from the University stands the Uppsala University Library (Carolina Rediviva), the largest library inward Sweden, alongside over v meg volumes together with some 60,000 manuscripts. The edifice was built inward 1820–1841.

On a circa 35-metre high colina to the southwest of the University Library stands Uppsala Castle. Its structure was initiated inward 1549 yesteryear King Gustav Vasa, founder of the Vasa violet dynasty. Today the castle holds several museums, together with is the residence of the Governor (landshövding).

5 km due north of Uppsala metropolis lies Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), the location of the pre Christian town Uppsala. There are few remains, alongside the exception of several huge burial mounds of pre-Christian monarchs together with the previous cathedral from 1164 A.D., traditionally said to endure built over the onetime infidel temple (and recent archaeological investigations seems to back upward this notion). After the church building burned downward roughly 1240 exclusively parts of it were restored