Santillana del Mar, Spain
12th century
Madrid, Spain
1620-1630
Lugo, Spain
1129
Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
15th century
Bilbao, Spain
15th century
Pontevedra, Spain
1778
Ávila, Spain
c. 1120
Cartagena, Spain
13th century
Pamplona, Spain
1231
Ourense, Spain
1772
Toledo, Spain
14th century
Úbeda, Spain
1536-1559
San Sebastián, Spain
1888-1897
Salamanca, Spain
1419
León, Spain
10th century
León, Spain
1514
Toledo, Spain
c. 1356
Astorga, Spain
1471
Zamora, Spain
1151-1174
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
17th 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.