Frederiksborg Castle
Renaissance palace on three islets, rebuilt after fire, now home to a national history museum.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Frederiksborg Castle traces the night of December 16, 1859, when a fire lit for King Frederick VII spread through the largest Renaissance palace ever built in the Nordic world while the moat outside sat frozen solid. It follows the scramble to save over three hundred paintings and the chapel that survived almost untouched, then turns to the Carlsberg founder who stepped in to fund its rebuilding as a national history museum. Look for the chapel's fittings, largely original despite the flames.
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