FREDERIKSBORG CASTLE 



King Frederick VII adored this magnificent 

 and delicious retreat, visiting it constantly, and 

 enriching its collections, until a fire, in 1859, 

 laid the inside of the castle in ashes. It was a 

 national disaster, because so many valuable things 

 were destroyed. For example, in the so-called 

 " Praying Closet " all the ivory decorations of 

 grapes and foliage on the ceiling had been turned 

 by King Christian IV himself. There was a 

 national contribution, and Mr. Jacobsen, a 

 wealthy citizen of Copenhagen, undertook, with 

 the help of Mr. Meldahl as architect, to rebuild 

 the castle once more ; but from that moment 

 the castle became not a royal dwelling, but a 

 national museum. 



The busts and initials of King Christian IX 

 and Queen Louisa are in the Knights' Hall, 

 as well as good paintings of the King and Queen. 

 There is also a beautiful painting of their eldest 

 daughter, Queen Alexandra, in the Knights' 

 Hall. 



The castle is built on three isles in the lake. 

 The gardens are old, with very high lime 

 avenues and box-tree hedges ; the enclosure, too, 

 is beautiful, broken up by small lakes in which 

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