Baroque Det Kongelige Palae (Royal Mansion) built as a royal residence for king Christian VI of Denmark from 1733 to 1736 by Lauridts de Thurah, now b


Baroque Det Kongelige Palae (Royal Mansion) built as a royal residence for king Christian VI of Denmark from 1733 to 1736 by Lauridts de Thurah, now bishop of Roskilde residence and Museet for Samtidskunst (Museum of Contemporary Art); Gothic Roskilde Domkirke (Roskilde Cathedral) built from 1170 to 1280 by Archbishop Absalon, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Roskilde, Denmark. August 9th 2015. It was the first gothic church in Scandinavia to be built of brick and influenced Brick Gothic architecture to the North Europe. The cathedral was and still is a main burial site for Danish monarchs since the 15th century © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo


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Location: Roskilde, Denmark
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