Frescati is a park-like area on the northern outskirts of Stockholm. It takes it name after the Villa Frescati built by the architect Louis Jean Desprez for Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt in 1791-1792. The villa took its name after the Italian city of Frascati, visited by King Gustavus III during his Italian journey. During the 19th century the name began to be used for a larger area in the vicinity of the house, and the Royal Swedish Academy for Agriculture established its experimental fields there. Stockholm panorama from the City Hall (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... The conservatory in the Botanical Garden, Uppsala The Assault on Stockholm Castle, scenic decoration from the opera Gustavus Vasa Louis Jean Desprez (occasionally but incorrectly Jean Louis Desprez; ca 1737–18 March 1804) was a French painter and architect who worked in Sweden during the last twenty years of his... Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (March 31, 1757 – August 19, 1814) was a Swedish courtier and diplomat. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gustav III (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))–March 29, 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. ...

It was followed by a number of other scientific and academic institutions, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, the Bergianska trädgården, a botanical garden, and eventually Stockholm University. In the middle of the area the Metro station Universitetet (The University) is located. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or , founded in 1739 by King Frederick I, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. ... The Swedish Museum of Natural History (in Swedish Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), in Stockholm, was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but goes back to the collections acquired mostly through donations by the Academy since its foundation in 1739. ... The Bergianska trädgÃ¥rden, the Bergian Garden, is a botanical garden located in the Frescati area on the outskirts of Stockholm, close to the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the main campus of Stockholm University. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to... Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... Stockholm Metro, Hötorget Station RÃ¥dhuset Station on the blue line KungsträdgÃ¥rden Station on the blue line T-Centralen, blue line. ... The platform Universitetet, (The University), is a Metro station in the Frescati area, close to Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet), and the Museum of Natural History. ...

See also

• Frescati (Ireland)