Rosenborg Castle in the King’s Garden
More than 150 years before the USA existed, this place did. Does that mean that two weeks in my future I’ll be going back in time?
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Duchess Augusta’s cup of death
Skull chalice (Rosenborg Castle – Copenhagen, Denmark)
This golden chalice was made for King Christian IV’s sister, Duchess Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp in 1632. The engravings on the the chalice can also be found in the illustrations of the Lutheran Strasbourg translation of the Bible, published just two years before in 1630.
Copenhagen dating
Chilling in Kongens Have
Rosenborg Castle interior
Today’s wallpaper comes from inside Rosenborg Castle. The more than 400-year old castle in Copenhagen, Denmark is pretty cool inside and out from any angle.
Rosenborg Castle Throne Room
Most of the time, if you walk into Rosenborg Slot‘s Throne Room it is swarming with tourists. However, I got lucky as it was completely empty. What a feeling it was to be in such a room all by myself. The king and queen’s thrones can be seen at the far end. I’ll post close-up photos of them at some point.
Danish crowns
The queen of Denmark's crown (1731) and the crown of Christian V (1665-70)
Inside Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen you can find these crowns under glass.
The king’s crown is the official crown that was used for the anointment of Danish monarchs from the 17th Century until the end of absolutism in 1849. This crown was made by the royal goldsmith Paul Kurtz in Copenhagen in 1670. It weighs almost 5 pounds!
You have to pay to photograph these crowns (and everything else in the Crown Jewels). I think Rosenborg Slot is the only place I have ever been which charged an extra fee (ironically, payable in Danish krones–pronounced “crowns”) to take pictures.