Uraniborg

Uraniborg was an astronomical 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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ven and Stjerneborg.

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is a small island which lies in the middle of Öresund Sound, between southern Sweden and . It is best known as the site of the Renaissance-era astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe.

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was Tycho Brahe's underground next to his palace-observatory Uraniborg, located on the island of in the Öresund between Denmark and Sweden.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuna and Kyrkbacken.

Village
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is a village.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Uraniborg

Latitude
55.90786° or 55° 54′ 28″ north
Longitude
12.69663° or 12° 41′ 48″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
9F7JWM5W+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 374429861
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2666197
Wiki­data ID
Q79220
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Uraniborg” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Uraniborq rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Uraniborg”
  • Belarusian: “Ураніборг”
  • Catalan: “Uraniborg”
  • Chinese: “烏拉尼堡”
  • Czech: “Uranienborg”
  • Danish: “Uranienborg”
  • Dutch: “Uraniborg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اورانينبورج”
  • Estonian: “Uraniborg”
  • Finnish: “Uranienborg”
  • French: “Château d’Uraniborg (Ven, Suède. - île)”
  • French: “Observatoire de Tycho Brahe (Ven, Suède)”
  • French: “Uraniborg”
  • French: “Uranienborg (Suède)”
  • Georgian: “ურანიბორგი”
  • German: “Uraniborg”
  • German: “Uranienburg”
  • Hebrew: “אראניבורג”
  • Italian: “Uraniborg”
  • Japanese: “ウラニボリ”
  • Japanese: “ウラニボリ天文台”
  • Japanese: “ウラニボルグ”
  • Korean: “우라니보르크”
  • Luxembourgish: “Uraniborg”
  • Macedonian: “Ураниборг”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uranienborg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uranienborg observatorium”
  • Norwegian: “Uranienborg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Uraniborg”
  • Polish: “Uranienborg”
  • Portuguese: “Uranienborg”
  • Russian: “Ураниборг”
  • Slovenian: “Uraniborg”
  • Spanish: “Uraniborg”
  • Swedish: “Uraniborg”
  • Turkish: “Uraniborg Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ураніборг”

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