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Carolina Rediviva is a part of Uppsala University Library in
By the entrance hall of the library there is an exhibition hall where some of the most important objects in the library can be seen. Among the items are the ''
File:Carolina Rediviva (2587195545).jpg, Reading Room A, western view.
File:Carolina Rediviva main reading room.jpg, Reading room A, northern wall.
File:Carolina Rediviva main reading room west wall.jpg, Reading room A, eastern wall.
File:Carolina Rediviva Reading Room A gallery.jpg, Reading room A, balustrade northern wall.
File:Uppsala Carolina Rediviva (interior).JPG
File:Carolina Rediviva library building (Uppsala) interior.jpg, The Book Hall.
File:Carolina Rediviva reading room.jpg, Closed stacks.
Image:Carolina Rediviva during Allt ljus på Uppsala.jpg, Carolina Rediviva during the light-festival ''Allt ljus på Uppsala'' in 2008
Uppsala University Library
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Carolina Rediviva is a part of Uppsala University Library in Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
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, Sweden
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. The building was begun in 1820 and completed in 1841. The original architect was Carl Fredrik Sundvall. Later additions to the building have been designed by Axel Johan Anderberg and Peter Celsing. The name, literally "Carolina Revived", was given in remembrance of the old ''Academia Carolina'' building, which had functioned as the university library for most of the 18th century (see Uppsala University Library). Carolina Rediviva is the oldest and largest university library building in the country. It is also the site where the ''Codex Argenteus
The (Latin for "Silver Book/Codex") is a 6th century, 6th-century illuminated manuscript, originally containing Gospel#Canonical gospels, part of the Gothic Bible, 4th-century translation of the Christian Bible into the Gothic language. Trad ...
'' and the Cancionero de Upsala are kept.
Exhibition
By the entrance hall of the library there is an exhibition hall where some of the most important objects in the library can be seen. Among the items are the ''Codex Argenteus
The (Latin for "Silver Book/Codex") is a 6th century, 6th-century illuminated manuscript, originally containing Gospel#Canonical gospels, part of the Gothic Bible, 4th-century translation of the Christian Bible into the Gothic language. Trad ...
'' and the map '' Carta marina.''
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See also
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Uppsala University Library
official site Library buildings completed in 1841 Libraries established in 1841 Uppsala University Academic libraries in Sweden Buildings and structures in Uppsala Terminating vistas Museums in Uppsala 1841 establishments in Sweden 19th-century establishments in Uppsala County {{library-struct-stub