Castles in Denmark
32 entries in the Castles in Denmark compendium.
AalborghusA half-timbered Danish castle built by Christian III as a fortification.AalholmOldest castle on Lolland, first mentioned in 1329.Arreskov CastleAncient Danish manor with 13th-century roots and noble legacy.BorrebyFortified manor house on Zealand, owned by Castenschiold family since 1783.Clausholm CastleA Danish Baroque castle with royal and baking fame.Copenhagen CastleMedieval royal castle on Slotsholmen, replaced by Christiansborg Palace.Dragsholm CastleHistoric Danish castle with 800 years of evolution.Dronninglund CastleFormer royal residence turned hotel and conference venue.Engelsholm CastleRenaissance castle turned folk high school in Denmark.Frederiksborg CastleLargest Renaissance residence in Scandinavia, now a national history museum.GamleborgFirst fortification on Bornholm, seat of Viking-age kings.Gammel Estrup ManorRenaissance manor turned museum of Danish nobility.Gammel RyomgårdA Danish manor house with medieval toll-passage history.GavnøSmall Danish island with a historic Rococo castle and park.GjorslevGothic cruciform castle built about 1400 by the Bishop of Roskilde.Holckenhavn CastleRenaissance castle on Funen, home of the Holck family since 1672.Jægerspris CastleDanish manor house, royal retreat, and women's asylum.Kalø CastleA 14th-century royal stronghold built to quell Jutlandic rebellions.KoldinghusDanish royal castle turned museum with medieval origins.KongsgårdScandinavian royal estates used as temporary residences.KronborgRenaissance castle and setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet.LerchenborgRococo manor house on Zealand, founded 1704, owned by Lerche family.Lilleborg, BornholmRuined 12th-century royal fortress on Bornholm.LiselundRomantic English garden park on Møn, created for Lisa.Meilgaard CastleDanish castle with a scientifically excavated Mesolithic midden.Nykøbing CastleA Renaissance royal palace and dowager residence in Denmark.Rosenborg CastleRenaissance castle and royal museum in Copenhagen.Rosenholm CastleOne of Denmark's oldest family-owned castles, founded in 1559.Schackenborg CastleBaroque château in Southern Jutland, former royal residence.Sønderborg CastleDanish castle with a Renaissance chapel and a history of imprisonment.Tranekær ManorMedieval castle turned manor, home of the Ahlefeldt family since 1659.Vallø CastleDanish manor house, home for noble women since 1737.
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