Region Town Location Latitude Longitude
Sweden
Uppsala Lan
Uppsala
Gustavianum
 59° 53' N 12° 19' E
The Gustavianum was erected in the 1620s to be the main building of Scandinavia's oldest university, and served as such through most of the 19th century. The Gustavianum, named after King Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632), was designed by Caspar van Panten. The splendid cupola.on the roof incorporates a sundial in the form of a globe.
Cupola on Gustavianumm
In this photo, you can see how the time is marked by the change from brightness into shadow on the globe, at approximately 11 o'clock.
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J. D. Gittus