The Domus anatomica housed the dissection theatre at the University of Copenhagen.
The Copenhagen Citadel was built in response to the seige and storm of 1659.
In the summer of 1671 Niels travelled to the areas around Lakes Garda and Como to inspect two grottoes with ‘eternal ice’: the Gresta grotto and a grotto at Moncodeno.
When Steensen was asked to become a bishop and move to Hannover, he hesitated. He went on a pilgrimage to Loreto to make his mind up.
Niels Steensen was raised to the episcopate in the chapel of the Propaganda Fide's new headquarters in Rome.
The philosopher, Leipzig, was also employed at the court of duke Johann Friedrich of Hannover.
View of Schwerin Castle as it looked in Steensen's time.
Creator: Merian
Image: courtesy of Heinrich-Theissing-Institute, Schwerin.
Interior, Schwerin Castle Church. Niels Steensen said mass here.
Image: courtesy of ev.- lutherischen Schlosskirchengemeinde, Schwerin.
Niels Steensen delivered sermons from this pulpit.
photo by Elsebeth Thomsen
