Kronborg Castle

World Heritage

Denmark

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Kronborg Castle is strategically located on the River Sund, a body of water between Denmark and Sweden. Kronborg Castle has huge symbolic significance for the Danish people and played an important role in the history of Northern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. Construction of this outstanding Renaissance castle began in 1574 and its fortifications were reinforced in the late 17th century according to the standards of military architecture of the time. Kronborg Castle remains intact to this day. Kronborg Castle is world-famous for being the setting of Elsinore, the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Kronborg Castle and the Øresund from the 1580s geography book Civitates Orbis Terrarum

The siege of Kronborg in 1658

The Great Ballroom in 2018

The Chapel in 2018

Aerial Photo of Kronborg Castle

The Little Hall with five of the seven tapestries in 2018

The King's Chamber in 2008

Former military barracks on the outskirts of the castle in 2018

Statue of Ogier in the castle's casemates in 2010

Arrival of a Dutch three-master at Kronborg Castle, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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country	Denmark
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instance of	Ténéré
instance of	Category:Interior of Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens
instance of	museum
executive body	Kronborg Castle
location of creation	Kronborg
IPA transcription	2114258
floruit	Kronborg
ELSTAT geographical code	kronborg-castle-elsinore
number of rooms	lccn-no2009058277
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/09q7p
Commons category	Kronborg Castle
coordinate location	Point(12.621944444 56.038611111)
official website	http://www.kronborg.dk/
topic's main category	Category:Kronborg Castle
Commons gallery	Kronborg
start time	2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
native label	Kronborg
Instagram username	kronborgslot
elevation above sea level	16
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
Atlas Obscura identifier	kronborg-castle-elsinore

page(s)	32
volume	2
URL	http://runeberg.org/trap/3-2/0042.html