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 Christiansborg Castle at night Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen was built for the country's three supreme powers: the royal power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. The Christiansborg Palace is the only building in the world to have all three supreme powers in one. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1206, 314 KB) Christiansborg Castle, image from [1]. File links The following pages link to this file: Christiansborg Castle ...
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Slotsholmen is a small Danish island in Copenhagen Harbour. ...
Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark. ...
The premises of the Royal Family, mainly The Royal Reception Rooms, make up only a small part of the palace complex. The Danish Parliament has the majority of the palace's rooms at its disposal, while the Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court are also found within the palace. Besides the Reception Rooms in the palace's north wing, the Chapel and the bulk of the Riding Ground Complex are available to the Royal Family. The Folketing, or Folketinget, is the name of the national parliament of Denmark. ...
As a result of two serious fires in 1794 and 1884, the palace complex bears testimony to three eras of Danish architecture.
The main palace from 1928 in the historicist Neo-baroque style is the third Christiansborg on the site. The Chapel is from the second neoclassical Christiansborg from the 1800s, and the Showgrounds survive from the first, luxurious baroque palace of the 1700s.
In the Riding Ground Complex, you can visit the Theatre Museum and The Royal Stables.
Beneath Christiansborg visitors can see the ruins of two even older buildings on the site, namely Absalon's Castle and Copenhagen Castle.
Immediately adjacent to Christiansborg Castle are The Royal Library Gardens. The Royal Library in Copenhagen (Danish: Det Kongelige Bibliotek) is the national library of Denmark and the largest and most important library of Scandinavia. ...
External Links
- Media:folketinget.dk Folketinget
- Visiting Copenhagen(AOK)
- This article incorporates text from the homepage of SES, the official Danish caretaker for state-owned buildings.
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