Explore the historic highlights of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1602
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1861
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1823
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1894
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1671-1678
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1128
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
18th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1874
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1670/1820
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
c. 1375-1425
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
c. 1124
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
c. 1590
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
15th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
140 AD
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1429
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
c. 1454
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
16th century
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.