The Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala is one of the renowned tourist attractions in Uppsala. Uppsala is a university city positioned in the province of Uppland in Svealand in south central part of Sweden. There are number of tourist places in Uppsala that are certainly worth a visit. The Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala is one such tourist spot in this charming city.
The largest church building in Scandinavia, the Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala is 118.7 m high, and equally long. The construction of the cathedral started in the year 1287 following the shifting of the archbishopric from Gamla Uppsala. The Cathedral of Uppsala was inaugurated in an incomplete condition in the year 1435 under the supervision of Archbishop Olaus Laurentii. The cathedral was dedicated to the following saints -
- Saint Lawrence, a famous saint in Sweden at that time
- Saint Eric, the patron of Sweden
- Saint Olaf, the patron of Norway
The appearance of the Uppsala Cathedral in Uppsala was altered to quite an extent after being badly damaged in the great fire of 1702. The Dutch Renaissance spires which the Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala had initially were replaced with small dome-like towers designed in Baroque style. It was renovated again in late 19th century and the Baroque towers were changed by French-inspired spires. The interior ceiling and walls of the Uppsala Cathedral were beautifully adorned in neo-Gothic style. Several Swedish kings and well-known personalities were buried inside the Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala. Some of them are –
- Gustav Vasa
- John III of Sweden and his wife Catherine Jagiellon
- Eric the Saint
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Nathan Söderblom.
- Olof Rudbeck
- Emanuel Swedenborg
- Laurentius Petri
A small memorial to Dag Hammarskjöld, the former UN Secretary-General, is also placed inside the Uppsala Cathedral in Uppsala.
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