Uppsala Castle

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castle historic building royal residence

Uppsala Castle is a historic 16th-century royal fortress in Uppsala, Sweden, known for its role in Swedish political history and its commanding hilltop views over the city.

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Label Occurrences
Uppsala Castle canonical 3
Uppsala County Governor’s residence 1
Uppsala slott 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
architect Willem Boy ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture ⓘ
builtFor King Gustav I of Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Gustav I of Sweden
constructionStart 1549 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 59.854°N 17.635°E ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
elevation hilltop location above Uppsala city ⓘ
hasPart Gunilla Bell Tower ⓘ
castle courtyard ⓘ
southern wing ⓘ
western wing ⓘ
hasView panoramic views over Uppsala ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed building in Sweden ⓘ
houses Uppsala Art Museum ⓘ
Uppsala Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uppsala County Governor’s residence
inception 1549 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Uppsala ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Uppsala County ⓘ
Uppsala ⓘ
surface form: Uppsala Municipality
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOn Kasåsen hill ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
locationRelativeTo adjacent to Uppsala University Botanical Garden ⓘ
near Uppsala Cathedral ⓘ
overlooks central Uppsala ⓘ
maintainedBy Statens fastighetsverk ⓘ
surface form: National Property Board of Sweden
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
officialName Uppsala Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uppsala slott
ownedBy Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Swedish state
politicalSignificance former main royal castle of the Swedish kingdom ⓘ
site of important Swedish Council meetings ⓘ
significantEvent Sture Murders in Uppsala ⓘ
surface form: Sture Murders of 1567

Uppsala Synod (1593) ⓘ
surface form: Uppsala Synod of 1593

fire of 1702 in Uppsala ⓘ
significantReconstruction 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
tourismRating major tourist attraction in Uppsala ⓘ
usedFor art exhibitions ⓘ
conference venue ⓘ
governmental functions ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ
official receptions ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uppsala → hasLandmark → Uppsala Castle ⓘ
Fyris River → associatedWith → Uppsala Castle ⓘ
Botanical Garden of Uppsala University → adjacentTo → Uppsala Castle ⓘ
Uppsala Castle → houses → Uppsala Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uppsala County Governor’s residence
Uppsala Castle → officialName → Uppsala Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uppsala slott