Le Mans, France
865 AD
Poitiers, France
11th century
Strasbourg, France
1888-1893
Tarascon, France
1197
Toulouse, France
13th century
Lille, France
14th century
Caen, France
13th century
Senlis, France
1153
Bordeaux, France
11th century
Nancy, France
1864-1874
Caen, France
1067
Saverne, France
12th century
Strasbourg, France
12th century
Bouconville-Vauclair, France
1134
Marseille, France
11th century
Châlons-en-Champagne, France
1157-1217
Ronchamp, France
1953-1955
Strasbourg, France
11th century
Dunkerque, France
1559-1567
Nancy, France
1487
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.