Sunday, April 4, 2010 (Part 2):
Frederiksborg slot is huge. It has an inner courtyard and the main castle flanks three sides of the courtyard. The fourth side is taken up by the front gate (with tower), stables and other working areas of the castle. We took initial refuge from the rain in the passageway under the tower above the main gate. Then we ran across the courtyard and finally were able to get in out of the rain.
The rooms of this castle are immense. The largest one took up an entire floor of one of the wings and was basically a ballroom. It felt like the size of a football field -- truly hue. Another large room was the banquet hall with a throne room on one end -- and once again guarded by a lion.
But the most magnificent "room" in this castle was the "chapel" which is as large as any church. It was quite spectacular. We toured it from the gallery level. And on that level there were hundreds of coats of arms on the walls as well as many oil paintings with Christian themes. The chapel also had a magnificent, very old organ.
The rest of the castle consisted of maybe 20-25 rooms of various sizes -- all large and with interesting pieces of furniture and decorative art. And most of all, there were tons of portraits of all the kings and their families and relations who passed through these rooms. Sadly, there were way too many names and people to remember.
I should also mention that one of the neatest features within the castle were the ceilings. They were all different and were made up of the most interesting patterns and designs. Some had sculptures. Others had large paintings. They were all beautiful.
There was no audio tour available at this castle, but this was made up for
because, in each room, there were printed sheets (in several
different languages) with detailed information about the original
purpose of the room, its furnishings and the paintings. Katherine served as our reader.
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