Amalienborg Palace

Copenhagen, Amalienborg Slotsplads, 5

Castles of Denmark Amalienborg is one of the most beautiful palaces in the whole of Denmark. This is not only the visiting card of its capital, Copenhagen, but also an apartment building. And the most important people in Denmark live there - Queen Margrethe and her family. The complex of palace buildings in the Rococo style is located in front of each other.

Vallo Castle

Koge, Slotsgade, 3

Castles of Denmark On the island of Zealand in Denmark, just 7 km from the town of Köge, lies the beautiful and mysterious castle of Vallø. When it was erected, for certain it is not known, buildings in this place were still in the 13th century - this is evidenced by ancient books. Then the castle belonged to the wealthy landowner Eskilda Kraga.

Kronborg Castle

Helsingor, Ny Kronborgvej, 1

Castles of Denmark All Danish castles are very picturesque, but most of all Kronborg stands out in Elsinore. His fame Kronborg is obliged to mention as the main scene of the famous Shakespeare tragedy "Hamlet."

Castle Sønderborg

Sonderborg, Sonderbro, 1

Castles of Denmark Sønderborg is a beautiful and majestic castle in the center of the town of the same name, located on the island of Als in the southern part of Denmark. Despite the fact that the castle was built in the 12th century, it is strikingly different from other government residences.

Hammershus Castle

Hammershus

Castles of Denmark Hammershus is one of the oldest castles in Denmark of the traditional style of construction. It is located in the northern part of the island Bornholm and is a picturesque ruins of fortress walls, where group tours are constantly organized (about 450 thousand tourists visit Hammershus every year).

Egeskov Castle

Kvaerndrup, Egeskov Gade, 18

Castles of Denmark Egeskov Castle in Denmark is one of the most picturesque places in the country. Its round towers with spiked spikes seemed to have come off the pages of some fairy tale of old times, and the gardens surrounding the castle are worthy of a separate poem.

Rosenborg

Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 4A

Castles of Denmark The former residence of the Danish kings castle Rosenborg was built in 1606-1624. On the orders of King Christian IV on the outskirts of Copenhagen. The castle is located on the territory of the Royal Garden - the oldest in the country and the most popular among tourists, attracting about 2.5 million visitors annually.

Powerful fortifications once played an important role in the history of Denmark and the preservation of its historical landscape .That is why today the castles of Denmark are one of the most popular sights of the country .The construction of the castles was inextricably linked with the campaigns of the warlike Vikings and the rise of the Danish kingdom .Gradually, castles lost their role as defensive structures, but the Danes did not take away the propensity to build castles .The old were actively rebuilt, and the new structures, despite the loss of the original defensive functions, retained the elements of the decoration inherent in the locks .

Circular fortresses

As you know, the ancestors of modern Danes were the warlike Vikings - fearless warriors and navigators. However, even the Vikings paid attention to the construction of defensive structures, better known to our contemporaries as the Danish circular fortresses. The first such structure was discovered during the excavations carried out on the eve of World War II. To date, there are 4 restored circular castles in the territory of Denmark - Aggersborg, Firkat, Nonnenbaken and Trelleborg.

These fortifications, located in different parts of the country, earlier allowed to control key sea routes. The largest of the now known circular castles is Aggersborg. A visit to the Danish circular castles will be of interest to everyone who wants to learn more about Vikings or seeks to discover new corners of Denmark.

Traditional castles in Denmark

Almost all Danish castles were built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries and much of it was destroyed or rebuilt .The oldest castle in Denmark, preserved in its original form, is Hammershus, located on the island of Bronholm .The time of the founding of the castle is the 13th century, while Hammershus itself is the largest defensive structure in Northern Europe..Despite the fact that today, even after the restoration works, the castle looks dilapidated, its visit will also give the visitor an opportunity to admire the view of Sweden and the Baltic Sea .One of the oldest defensive structures in Denmark is the castle Sønderborg, which, nevertheless, was repeatedly rebuilt .Since the 20-ies of the 20 century on the territory of the castle operates a historical museum, which has an extensive collection of medieval artifacts .

Kronborg is also famous for the legend that legendary warrior Ogier the Dane is slumbering somewhere in the depths of the castle, ready to awaken from centuries of sleep at a dangerous moment for the country.


Other castles in Denmark

Other outstanding examples of Danish castle architecture include Fredriksborg (now the National Historical Museum), Egersków on the island of Funun and Vallø on the island of Zealand .However, by the middle of the 17th century, the fashion for locks was .Their place was occupied by lightweight palaces created under the influence of baroque Italian architecture .Rebuilt in the middle of the 18th century, Havna practically had nothing to do with its predecessor, the castle .The famous palaces Frederiksberg and Fredensborg were built according to completely different laws .However, the Danish castles are not a thing of the past irrevocably .

The ensemble of the Copenhagen Palace Christiansborg, which was created from the middle of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, still retained the traditional features of a Danish castle in its appearance. The former royal residence, and now the building in which the Danish parliament meets - the Folketing inherited the traditions of the castle architecture of Denmark.