Gråbrødretorv

This guide to Gråbrødretorv in Copenhagen centers on Corfitz Ulfeldt, a count and royal son-in-law who switched sides during Denmark's war with Sweden in the sixteen fifties. It follows what became of his mansion once Denmark decided how to punish a man who had already fled the country, and traces the square's older life back to a Franciscan monastery founded here in twelve thirty-eight. The square's forgotten first name, long before it became today's cafe-lined Gråbrødretorv, ties directly to that episode.