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The architecture of Denmark has its origins in the Viking Age, revealed by archaeological finds. It was established in the Middle Ages when first Romanesque, then Gothic churches and cathedrals, were built throughout the country. During this period, brick became the construction material of choice for churches, fortifications and castles, as ...
National Romantic architecture in Denmark (3 C, 10 P) Neoclassical architecture in Denmark (4 C, 30 P) R. Renaissance architecture in Denmark (2 C, 17 P)
The images on the runestones at Jelling are probably the best known Danish works of the period. Although little of their original paint remains today, copies of the largest stone in the National Museum of Denmark and in the museum at Jelling have been redecorated in vivid colours based on the fragments of paint which remained on the original.
The National Gallery of Denmark (Danish: Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK", literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. [ 2 ] The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and handles Danish and foreign art dating from the 14th century to the present day.
This is a consolidated list of castles and palaces in Denmark. The Danish word slot , like the word schloss in the related Germanic language — modern German — can mean either castle , a Country house or palace , in accordance with common English usage.
Xinhua News Agency - Getty Images Experts believe the tomb was owned by a man who died in 736 AD at age 63, during the middle of the Tang dynasty, which ran from 618 to 907 AD. He was buried in ...
View of Copenhagen from the tower of the Church of Our Saviour. The architecture of Copenhagen in Denmark is characterised by a wide variety of styles, progressing through Christian IV's early 17th century landmarks and the elegant 17th century mansions and palaces of Frederiksstaden, to the late 19th century residential boroughs and cultural institutions to the modernistic contribution of the ...
In light of the news that Queen Margrethe will abdicate for her son, Prince Frederik, we're taking a look back at Denmark's royal family over the years, with sweet snaps of the matriarch, Queen ...