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St. Canute's presents all the features of Gothic architecture: pointed arch, buttresses, ribbed vaulting, increased light and the spatial combination of nave and chancel. [10] [11] Most Gothic architecture in Denmark is found in churches and monasteries, though there are also examples in the secular field.
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)
Lurs are a distinctive type of giant curving Bronze Age horn, of which 35 of the 53 known examples have been found in bogs in Denmark, very often in pairs. They are normally made of bronze, and often decorated. A possibly alien find in Denmark is the Gundestrup cauldron, a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date to the 1st century BC. [1]
Ribe Cathedral or Our Lady Maria Cathedral (Danish: Ribe Domkirke or Vor Frue Maria Domkirke) is located in the ancient city of Ribe, on the west coast of southern Jutland, Denmark. It was founded in the Viking Age as the first Christian church in Denmark by Ansgar, a missionary monk from Hamburg, under permission of the pagan King Horik I. The ...
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 ...
This is a list of historic houses in Denmark. Copenhagen. Zealand. Faxe Municipality Name Image Location Date Coordinates Notes Ref Bregentved: 1891: Ref ...
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.
Den Danske Vitruvius is a valuable source of knowledge about the design of many buildings and landscaped gardens in mid-18th century Denmark, many of which no longer exist. Some, like Copenhagen's city gates , have been demolished, while others, such as the first Christiansborg , were destroyed by fire.