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Sights of Royal Copenhagen

Chandeliers and artworks in the opulent hallway of Christiansborg Slot
Kronborg Slot
Christiansborg Slot
1 3
This castle, built as a fortress
This is the fifth castle to have
been built on this site. The first, in the 15th century, was used as a
Bishop Absalon’s fortified castle prison and army barracks until 1922
(1167), was destroyed in 1369. The (see p104). It is now occasionally used
castle built in 1740 was the first to for royal functions. You may even
be called Christiansborg; it was hear a salute being fired whenever
destroyed by fire in 1794. Today’s the royal yacht passes by.
castle is home to the Danish
Frederiksborg Slot
Parliament (see pp32–3). 4
Christian IV built this Dutch
Fredensborg Slot
2 Renaissance-style castle between
1602 and 1620. It is notable for its
Slottet 1B, 3480 Fredensborg
• 33 40 31 87 • Open Jul 1–4:30pm spires, copper roofs and sweeping
daily (with guided tours); gardens: gables. After it was destroyed in a
Jul 9am–5pm • Adm; free entry to fire in 1859, the Carlsberg Brewery
gardens • Bus 173E magnate Jacob Jacobsen helped
This 18th-century Baroque palace is rebuild it. The gardens are the only
the Queen’s summer home. The royal gardens to have escaped being
beautiful gardens are among updated to the 19th-century
Denmark’s largest. Romantic style (see p100).
Amalienborg
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Two of the
palaces here are open
to the public; the other
two are royal homes.
Queen Margrethe
resides in Christian IX’s
Palace and Crown
Prince Frederik in
Frederik VIII’s Palace
(see pp24–5).
Fredensborg Slot

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