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Frescati is a park-like area on the northern outskirts of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, Sweden. It is situated in an area on
Norra Djurgårdsstaden
Norra Djurgårdsstaden (officially ''Stockholm Royal Seaport'' in English) is a large area of central Stockholm, Sweden. The area is located in the borough of Östermalm and is undergoing brownfield redevelopment.
The area consists of former h ...
. Frescati is part of the Royal National City Park (''Kungliga nationalstadsparken'').
History
The name originated with
Villa Frescati which was designed in 1791–1792 by the architect
Louis Jean Desprez
Louis Jean Desprez (occasionally but incorrectly ''Jean Louis Desprez'') (May 1743–18 March 1804) was a French painter and architect who worked in Sweden during the last twenty years of his life.
Biography
Desprez, who was born in Auxerr ...
(ca 1743–1804) for courtier and diplomat
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (russian: Граф Густав-Маврикий Максимович Армфельт, tr, ; 31 March 1757 – 19 August 1814) was a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat. In Finland, he is considered one of ...
(1757–1814). The villa is named after the Italian city of
Frascati
Frascati () is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with ...
, visited by King
Gustavus III
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
Gustav was a vocal opponent of what h ...
during his Italian journey. During the 19th century the name began to be used for a larger area in the vicinity of the house, and the
Royal Swedish Academy for Agriculture established its
Experimental Field there. It was followed by a number of other scientific and academic institutions, including the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...
, the
Swedish Museum of Natural History
The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg.
The ...
, the
Bergian Garden, a
botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
, and eventually
Stockholm University
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...
. Frescati (including the campus area) is today a part of the
Royal National City Park
The Royal National City Park ( sv, Kungliga nationalstadsparken) is a national city park, established by the Riksdag in 1995, and located in the municipalities of Stockholm, Solna and Lidingö in Sweden.
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Gallery ...
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Public transport
In the middle of the area the
Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
station
Universitetet (''The University'') and the
equally named railway station are located. The railway station is situated at the
narrow gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...
Roslagsbanan
Roslagsbanan is a narrow gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot () gauge. The Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) classifies ...
. In 2010, the present railway station replaced two earlier stations, ''Universitetet'' (situated somewhat further south) and ''Frescati'' (usually spelled ''Freskati''; situated somewhat further north).
Gallery
Station Frescati.JPG, Frescati railway stop, while it was still in service
Frescati villa 2010b.jpg, Villa Frescati. 2010
References
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Parks in Stockholm
Stockholm University
Campuses