Carolina Rediviva is the main building of the

Uppsala University Library The Uppsala University Library ( sv, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek) at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, consists of 11 subject libraries, one of which is housed in the old main library building, Carolina Rediviva. The library holds books an ...

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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

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. 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

). Carolina Rediviva is the oldest and largest university library building in the country. It is also the site where the ''

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'' and the

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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 ''

'', the map ''

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'', and a first edition of

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's ''

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''.

Gallery

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

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Exhibition

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