Istanbul, Turkey
532-537 AD
Istanbul, Turkey
1609-1617
Istanbul, Turkey
4th century AD
Istanbul, Turkey
1597-1665
Istanbul, Turkey
1550-1557
Istanbul, Turkey
4th century AD
Istanbul, Turkey
1563
Istanbul, Turkey
1748-1755
Istanbul, Turkey
1500-1505
Istanbul, Turkey
1854-1856
Istanbul, Turkey
527-536 AD
Istanbul, Turkey
1464
Istanbul, Turkey
1800
Istanbul, Turkey
1544
Edirne, Turkey
1568-1575
Istanbul, Turkey
1463-1470 / 1771
Istanbul, Turkey
1427
Istanbul, Turkey
1325
Istanbul, Turkey
1708-1710
Istanbul, Turkey
11th century
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.