Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Glasgow, United Kingdom
1136
Paisley, United Kingdom
1163
Stirling, United Kingdom
12th century
Glasgow, United Kingdom
1901
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1671-1678
Linlithgow, United Kingdom
1302
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1128
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
18th century
Highland, United Kingdom
13th century
Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1250
St Andrews, United Kingdom
1400
Inverness, United Kingdom
1836
Dunfermline, United Kingdom
1128-1150
Stonehaven, United Kingdom
15th century
Roslin, United Kingdom
15th century
Elgin, United Kingdom
1224
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.