Construction began circa 1270 and the cathedral was consecrated in 1435. It has a simple layout, devised by Étienne de Bonneuil, the Parisian in charge of construction, who is responsible for the High Gothic style. The building contains fine tapestr..

This archaeological site represents the original Uppsala. It comprises of three Royal burial mounds and that of the Assembly (to the east), which is very eroded, as well as 250 to 300 tombs. These are the only ones to have survived from all the bur..

King Gustav Vasa built this castle above the cathedral to show his power and his breaking with christianity. His sons made it into a residence fit for a king, who received the county governor there. The great hall, Rikssalen , was used for festiviti..

Archbishop Jakob Ulvsson founded the university in 1477, thus beginning the town's unbroken tradition of being the intellectual centre of the country. It was initially run by the Catholic Church and trained future members of the clergy. Lutheranism t..

The residence of Carl von Linné (1707-1778), who initiated our system of plant classification, is now a museum adjoining its own botanical garden with 1 600 plant varieties. On either side of the central avenue, annual plants and perennials are d..

The Gustavianum, named after its patron, Gustave II Adolf, stands on the site of a medieval episcopal palace and housed the university from 1620 to 1887. The cupola with a sun on top allowed light into the anatomy amphitheatre (1663), where natural..