Gustavianum
museum, Uppsala, Sweden
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The Gustavianum is a museum in Uppsala, Sweden, that traces its origins back to a medieval archbishop's residence. Parts of the original structure were incorporated into a building for Uppsala University in the 1620s. Today, it serves as a museum of archaeology and cultural history. Uppsala University itself, founded in 1477, is the oldest institution of higher learning in Sweden. The university's library, the Carolina Rediviva, is one of the largest in Sweden and houses the illuminated manuscript Codex Argenteus.12
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