Belluno, Italy
1517-1624
Lecco, Italy
11th century
Barletta, Italy
1267
Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
1158
Piazza Armerina, Italy
1604-1719
Rome, Italy
467 AD
Verona, Italy
16th century
Brescia, Italy
13th century
Cernobbio, Italy
1758-1775
Lucera, Italy
1317
Codrongianos, Italy
1116
Aosta, Italy
11th century
Syracuse, Italy
c. 1100
San Benedetto Po, Italy
1007
Padula, Italy
1306
Biella, Italy
17th century
Avellino, Italy
1132-1166
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Tindari, Italy
1953
Pavia, Italy
1132
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.