- Type
- Palace / château
- Origins
- 1722 · 18th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- Style
- baroque architecture
- Architect
- Johan Cornelius Krieger
- Coordinates
- 55.9824°, 12.3956°
History
King Frederick IV built the palace in 1720–1722 to designs by Johan Cornelius Krieger and named it the “Castle of Peace” to mark the end of the Great Northern War. Later in the 18th century, under Christian VI and Frederick V, Laurids de Thurah, Nicolai Eigtved and Caspar Frederik Harsdorff enlarged it to its present form. In the late 19th century Christian IX gathered here each summer with his children married into Europe's royal houses, along with tsars, kings and crown princes. The palace remains one of the royal family's principal residences, used in spring and autumn.
What to see
The interiors, including the Dome Hall and the Garden Room, can only be seen on guided tours in summer, when the royal family is away. The extensive Baroque park reaches down to the shore of Lake Esrum. In the part called Nordmandsdalen stand dozens of 18th-century statues of Norwegian and Faroese peasants and fishermen.
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