Frescati

Frescati is a parklike 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. 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, and eventually Stockholm University.

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Stockholm: is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake M?laren. With a population of 1,200,000 it is the largest city in Sweden....

Louis Jean Desprez: 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 life....

Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt: Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (March 31, 1757 – August 19, 1814) was a Swedish courtier and diplomat. Born in Finland, he was the great grandson of Charles XII of Sweden's general, Carl Gustaf Armfelt. His advice to Russia's Tsar Alexander I was of utmost importance for the establishment of the...