This map shows the city of Copenhagen at the time of Niels Steensen's childhood.
The Round Tower is an observatory built by King Christian IV. It lies just down the road from where Niels Steensen lived as a child, and was completed in 1642 when Niels Steensen was 4 years old.
When Niels Steensen was a student Copenhagen was besieged by the Swedes. Niels Steensen was a member of the students' brigade defending the city.
This print shows Steensen's teacher Ole Borch on a botanical expedition with his students.
This is where Ole Borch took his students on field trips. Steensen was one of his students.
This is how the main building of Copenhagen University looked at the time of Niels Steensen.
After the siege was lifted, Niels Steensen left Denmark to study abroad in the Netherlands. On his way he spent time in Rostock.
Creator: Wenzel Hollar
Amsterdam.
Niels Steensen left Amsterdam and went to the University of Leiden.
Anatomical theatre, Leiden
This painting shows graduation festivities at Leiden around 1650. Steensen received his degree in absentia while he was in Paris.
Creator: HVB
While in the Netherlands Niels Steensen and friends took a holiday and travelled by barge.
Niels Steensen was a frequent guest of the Medicis at Pitti Palace in Florence.
Niels Steensen worked at the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence. The hospital exists to this day.
Niels Steensen prayed frequently at Annunziata church in Florence, and an image of the Virgin in this church held a special meaning for him.
Steensen's religious confident, Lavinia Arnolfini, was the wife of the Luccan ambassador to Florence.
by G. de Sepi (1678)
