Marselisborg Palace
| Marselisborg Palace | |
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| Marselisborg Slot | |
 Marselisborg Palace |
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| General information | |
| Type | Palace |
| Town or city | Aarhus |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 56°7′40″N 10°12′10″E / 56.12778°N 10.20278°E |
| Construction started | 1899 |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Hack Kampmann |
Marselisborg Palace, (Danish: Marselisborg Slot, Danish pronunciation: [mɑˈseːlisb̥ɒːˀ]) is a royal residence of the Danish Royal Family in Aarhus. It has been the summer residence of Queen Margrethe II since 1967.
Historically the 18th-century country house was the property of the Dutch merchant Gabriel Marselis, whose family gave the house its name, which means "Marselis Castle". Marselisborg became a royal residence when Prince Christian and his consort Princess Alexandrine were given the Palace in 1898 as a wedding present from the people of Denmark. The building was rebuilt by the Danish architect Hack Kampmann 1899-1902. The palace is the property of the Kingdom of Denmark, and will remain in possession of all future monarchs of Denmark.
The present Queen, Margrethe II, was given the palace by her father, King Frederick IX in 1967. Margrethe and her consort Henrik also used the palace as their summer residence. To this day the residence is used during the summer, as well as during the Easter and Christmas holidays. It is the usual venue for the royal family's official summer photo shoot.
The palace is surrounded by a 32-acre (130,000 m2) park. The park was designed by architect L. Christian Diedrichsen who was commissioned to design the gardens in traditional English landscape style. The gardens feature large sweeping lawns surrounded by trees, small ponds, shrub-covered slopes, a rose garden and a herb garden. When the Queen and her family are in residence at the palace, a changing of the guard ceremony takes place at noon. The park and gardens are both open to the public while the Queen and royal family are not in residence, whereas the palace itself is never open to the public.[1]
Near Marselisborg is the Mindepark, or Memorial Park, inaugurated in 1934, which commemorates the 4,140 Danes killed in World War I. [2]
References
- ^ "Marselisborg Palace". The Danish Monarchy. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ ""Marselisborg Mindepark"". Virtual Tourist.
External links
Media related to Marselisborg Slot at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 56°7′40.16″N 10°12′10.00″E / 56.1278222°N 10.2027778°E
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