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Fort de Pierre-Levée, also known as La Citadelle is a fortress built between 1858-1866. It was purposed for 400 soldiers. Since 1871 the fortress functioned as a barracks and prison. The most famous prisoner was Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France during World War II. He died in Fort de Pierre-Levée in 1951. The fortress was defined as a national monument in 1984.
References: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.