Explore the historic highlights of Athens
Athens, Greece
447 BC
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c. 495-429 BC
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421-406 BCE
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100-0 BCE
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437 BC
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420 BCE
Athens, Greece
420 BCE
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161 AD
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6th century BC
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132 AD
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159 BCE (1952-1956)
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1836-1843
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1759
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1866-1889
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5th century BCE
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1668-1670
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19-11 BC
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2009
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6th century BC
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520 BC
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450 BCE
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131-132 AD
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490-480 BCE
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144 AD
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1842
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1914
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2700 BCE
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1874-1888
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1843
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1930
Athens, Greece
c. 116 AD
Athens, Greece
570 BCE
Athens, Greece
1837
Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.