The extension of the University library was designed by Gustaf Nyström and completed in 1905. The facade of the extension, known as the Rotunda, has allegorical reliefs by Walter Runeberg, the son of the national poet and the artist behind numerous monumental sculptures of the late 19th century. There are nine reliefs, located on the pillars of the crescent-shaped wall. They depicting female figur ...
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