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The
Radcliffe
Camera
(colloquially
known
as
the
"Rad
Cam"
or
"The
Camera";
from
Latin
camera,
meaning
'room')
is
a
building
of
Oxford
University,
England,
designed
by
James
Gibbs
in
neo-classical
style
and
built
in
1737β49
to
house
the
Radcliffe
Science
Library.
It
is
sited
to
the
south
of
the
Old
Bodleian,
north
of
the
Church
of
St
Mary
the
Virgin,
and
between
Brasenose
College
to
the
west
and
All
Souls
College
to
the
east.
The
Radcliffe
Camera's
circularity,
its
position
in
the
heart
of
Oxford,
and
its
separation
from
other
buildings
make
it
the
focal
point
of
the
University
of
Oxford,
and
as
such
it
is
almost
always
included
in
shorthand
visual
representations
of
the
university.