Christiansborg Palace
Neo-baroque seat of parliament, government and monarchy, its tower crowned by three weathervanes marking two devastating fires.
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This guide to Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen centers on Leonora Christina, daughter of King Christian IV, imprisoned for 22 years in a tower that once stood on this ground after her husband was accused of treason and fled the country. It follows the fleas and rats of her cell from 1663 to 1685, and what she chose to write about her ordeal using soot for ink. The palace above her old tower has burned down twice and been rebuilt three times, marked by the three-crowned weathervane overhead.
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