Kronborg Castle

Kronborg Castle

Also known as Kronborg Slot

Year

1585

Type

building

Frederik II of Denmark rebuilt the older Krogen fortress of the 1420s into Kronborg between 1574 and 1585 to control the Øresund narrows where ships paid the Sound Dues before entering or leaving the Baltic. Hans Hendrik van Paesschen drew …

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