Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Helgo Zettervall and inaugurated by King Oscar II in 1882. Construction began in 1874, when the old main building Kungshuset had become too small for the growing number of students.
The design is characterised by Helgo Zettervall's fascination with
classical antiquity
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, and features
column
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s and fancy
copings
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. There were originally four
sphinx
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In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches o ...
es on the roof, but they had to be removed within 30 years because of bad quality. In the 1990s four new sphinxes were placed on the roof.
Like many of Zettervall's buildings, it was criticized for a lack of uniformity and not being well thought out.
Image:Universitetsbyggnaden 080508.jpg, Front
Image:Universitetsbyggnaden, Lund, 2004.jpg, South side
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Sphinx
A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon.
In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches o ...