Lundagård is a park located in

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, Sweden. It is situated between the Lund University Main Building in the North, and Lund Cathedral in the South with Kungshuset in between.

History

Lundagård was originally the name of the

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's fortress built in the early 12th century just north of Lund Cathedral. For a long time a walled garden separated "town" from "gown". Today, the one remaining gate (of the original three) is the entrance to the '' Kulturen'' museum. The park known today was designed in 1745 by the Royal architect

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and originally included a

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. Kungshuset, built in 1584 as a residence by the Danish king, later became the first main building of

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

. As the university expanded the botanical garden was replaced by ''Universitetsplatsen'' in the 1880s and the new university building, located just north of Kungshuset. Other buildings in Lundagård are the , the Lund University Historical Museum and Palaestra et Odeum. '' Tegnérsplatsen'' is located between the Historical Museum and the AF Borgen and contains a statue of Esaias Tegnér. In the centre of Lundagård is a statue entitled "the man that breaks free from the rock". At Universitetsplatsen is Runstenskullen, a small height with a collection of

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s created in 1868.Lundagårdsstenen
Kulturportal Lund

References

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