Naples, Italy
1313-1340
Vigevano, Italy
1532-1612
Otranto, Italy
9th
Naples, Italy
1283-1324
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Alghero, Italy
1567
Genoa, Italy
1189
Venice, Italy
1516
Porto Venere, Italy
1198
Matera, Italy
1229
Rome, Italy
440 AD
Turin, Italy
1717-1731
Naples, Italy
1368
Cremona, Italy
1107
Palermo, Italy
16th century
Palermo, Italy
1640
Turin, Italy
1607
Turin, Italy
13th century
Messina, Italy
1197
Palermo, Italy
13th 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.