Author: Rie Moretti
Denmark is one of the world’s oldest monarchies, and it has left its clear traces in the form of unique palaces and gardens.
The royal palaces
Several of the Danish castles used today by the Danish royal family. In the middle of Copenhagen is Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II’s home in the winter half-year, Amalienborg, with its four almost identical rococo mansions around the monumental castle space. Two of the mansions are partially open to the public.
In Zealand, it is beautifully situated Fredensborg Palace where the royal couple-holder for the summer. The castle is normally open to tours in high summer. Other royal palaces are released for other use and is home today public institutions, government and parliament, museums, etc.
Fortresses
The castles were often royal power bastions placed strategically for defense against enemies. The enemies came from the south where the impressive fortress Koldinghus located near the old border with Germany, or from the east, where Kronborg Castle in Elsinore guardian Sound estuary.
Nobility homes
In addition to Denmark’s royal palaces are nobility many castles and manor houses like pearls in the landscape. Here are all of architectural history, styles represented from middelalderfæstningens severity of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and Empire to a mixture of everything. The impressive house tells both Denmark’s history, cultural history, architecture, history and especially family history, because in many cases, the castle has the same ancestral heritage for centuries.
Artists’ retreats
The Danish castles have for centuries been the housing and power centers of the royal family, nobility and a narrow elite. At the same time, they have been sanctuaries for great Danish artists who were invited inside and got a unique environment to work in.-the poet HC Andersen and the composer Carl Nielsen were frequent guests at the Danish castles and manors.
Open castles
Previously, wrought iron gate locked and oak door so closed to the public, but in our day has 60 small castles and manor houses in the association Danish Castles & Manor opened its doors to the public. More than 20 of these castles and manor houses offer exciting accommodation options with a whiff of nobility and history. Living in one of the Danish castles is like to live in the middle of Denmark’s history. Here sleeps in poster beds in classy interiors, eating in halls or historical vaults and takes a walk in the finest landscaping.
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