Rosenborg Castle

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

I decided to do a separate entry for the Castle as I took quite a lot of pictures!

In the early 17th Century, Christian IV commissioned Rosenborg to be built outside old Copenhagen.  This little summer hermitage became the favourite residence of the King. Today, many of the rooms are preserved as they were in Christian IV's time, and the pomp and circumstance of the past can be experienced in the form of many furnishings and art treasures which surround Danish kings and queens until the 19th century.

From the 1700s Rosenborg was no longer used as a residence, but became the place where the Kings placed their oldest, finest and rarest objects.

Rosenborg opened to the public as a museum in 1838.

The garden within the Castle grounds

Rosenborg Castle

A beautiful gold writing cabinet 

Beautiful tapestries 

A hand painted cabinet

Bust of Peter the Great (1672-1725)

A beautiful table with inlaid semi-precious stones

Frederick IV's cabinet made of boxwood 

More tapestries 

Frederik VI with his family

The Great Hall featuring the King's throne on the left and the Queen's on the right which are made of narwhal tusk and silver.  The three silver lions guard the thrones.

The Porcelain Cabinet

The tapestries in the Great Hall depict Christian V's victories in war against Sweden 1675-79

The Glass Cabinet

Ivory

The Oldenburg Horn from around 1400 and is thought to be the oldest one in the world

Christian IV's crown from 1596

The Crown Jewels - the emerald set.... still worn by the Queen on special occasions 

The sceptre, the orb and ampulla.... the attributes to the King

Part of the Crown Jewels collection.... may only be used by the Queen and only within Denmark 

"The Crown of the Absolute Monarchs" was used at the coronations of all the kings from Christian V until Christian VIII. The Crown weighs more than 2 kilos and is set with sapphires, garnets and diamonds.  The Queen's Crown (right) was made for Christian VI's Queen, Sophie Magdalene, but the precious stones stem from the queen's crown of 1648.