Mérida, Spain
13th century
Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD
Mérida, Spain
2nd century AD
Ávila, Spain
1130-1160
Ávila, Spain
1482-1493
Mérida, Spain
c. 20 BCE
Lena, Spain
852 AD
Ávila, Spain
16th century
Ávila, Spain
1562
Antequera, Spain
3000 BCE
Ávila, Spain
1210
Las Médulas, Spain
0-100 AD
Ávila, Spain
1478
Ávila, Spain
12th century
Antequera, Spain
1800 BCE
Santillana del Mar, Spain
36,000 BCE
Ávila, Spain
12th century
Atapuerca, Spain
800000 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Ribadesella, Spain
33000-10000 BCE
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.