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Carolina Rediviva is the library of Uppsala University in Sweden. The name was given in remembrance of the old building of the Academia Carolina and literally means "Carolina Revived". It is the oldest and largest university library in the country. It is also the site where the Codex Argenteus is kept.

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Uppsala University Library (http://www.ub.uu.se/), official site

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Carolina Rediviva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (133 words)
	Carolina Rediviva is the main building of the Uppsala University Library in Uppsala, Sweden.
	The name, literally "Carolina Revived", was given in remembrance of the old Academia Carolina building, which had functioned as university library for the larger part of the 17th century (see Uppsala University Library).
	Carolina Rediviva is the oldest and largest university library building in the country.

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