Uppsala old cemetery with the grave chapel from 1882- 1883, Kåbo, Uppsala 1901 - 1902. The first part of the cemetery was created when Professor Olof Verelius in 1671 donated part of his land - just west of his farm on the Camp Sea and outside the then city - to the cemetery to the hospital. This rather limited area became the Cathedral Assembly's general cemetery according to royal resolution in 1793. A first extension took place in 1802 against the southeast, ie. up to a current English park [Carolina Park]. A second expansion took place to the east in 1834 and a third to the west and 1842 -

Uppsala old cemetery with the grave chapel from 1882- 1883, Kåbo, Uppsala 1901 - 1902. The first part of the cemetery was created when Professor Olof Verelius in 1671 donated part of his land - just west of his farm on the Camp Sea and outside the then city - to the cemetery to the hospital. This rather limited area became the Cathedral Assembly's general cemetery according to royal resolution in 1793. A first extension took place in 1802 against the southeast, ie. up to a current English park [Carolina Park]. A second expansion took place to the east in 1834 and a third to the west and 1842 - 58. Further expansions against the southwest have been recently occurred. In 1882 - 83, according to drawings by C A Ekholm, the current burial chapel was approximately in the same place where an older chapel stood. "Source: The future of the cityscape. About artistic and historically valuable buildings in Uppsala. Uppsala 1964

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