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Istanbul, Turkey
532-537 AD
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1609-1617
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203 AD
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15th century BCE
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6th century AD
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4th century AD
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1459
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1597-1665
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1891
Istanbul, Turkey
1348
İstanbul, Turkey
1455
Istanbul, Turkey
1550-1557
Istanbul, Turkey
4th century AD
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6th century AD
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1563
Istanbul, Turkey
1748-1755
Istanbul, Turkey
1870-1880
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1500-1505
Istanbul, Turkey
c. 328 AD
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428-443 AD
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1854-1856
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527-536 AD
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1464
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1843-1856
Istanbul, Turkey
1800
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1544
Istanbul, Turkey
1451-452
Istanbul, Turkey
1463-1470 / 1771
Istanbul, Turkey
1427
Istanbul, Turkey
373 AD
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1110
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5th century AD
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1325
Istanbul, Turkey
1708-1710
Istanbul, Turkey
11th century
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1458
Istanbul, Turkey
1863-1867
Istanbul, Turkey
1760-1764
Istanbul, Turkey
1118-1136
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13th century
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1563-1570
Istanbul, Turkey
1520-1528
Istanbul, Turkey
1580
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10th century AD
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524 AD
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1393-1394
Istanbul, Turkey
908 AD
Istanbul, Turkey
11th century
Istanbul, Turkey
12th century
Istanbul, Turkey
1284
Istanbul, Turkey
5th century AD
Istanbul, Turkey
1825-1828
Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.