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This anatomical theatre in Uppsala was built as a place to hold public dissections - you could pay to be in the audience, but it was also meant as a way to teach students about anatomy. It was built in 1662-63 by one of the most prominent scientists of the day in Sweden: Olof Rudbeck (the Elder/den äldre) when he was principal of Uppsala University. Internationally he is probably most known as one of the first to describe the lymphatic system - so that he would be into anatomy is no surprise.
The place is built extremely narrow, to give the audience a good view down, with just standing space. The abundance of windows (which would have been even more striking back then, when Swedish houses as such tended to have rather small windows) was to give ample light to the room below. And note the decorations with the classical order of columns: Doric at the bottom, Ionic in the middle, and Corinthian at the top.
Located at Gustavianum, now a museum, in Uppsala.
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