Uraniborg
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Key facts
- Observatory.name
- Uraniborg
- Observatory.location
- Ven, Sweden
- Observatory.established
- 1580
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural ensemble
- Named after
- Urania
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Landskrona Municipality
- Location
- Ven
- Image
- Uraniborgskiss 45.jpg
- Has parts of class
- building
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- Commons category
- Uraniborg
- commissioned by
- Tycho Brahe
- inception
- 1576-00-00
- different from
- Uranienborg
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- History
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- Instruments
- Restoration
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
thumb|right|320px|Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg from Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1663) thumb|right|320px|Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg main building from Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1663)
Uraniborg was an astronomical observatory and alchemy laboratory established and operated by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was the first custom-built observatory in modern Europe, and the last to be built without a telescope as its primary instrument.
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