Denmark · 13th century
Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle in the town of Kolding on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula. The castle was founded in the 13th century and was expanded since with many functions ranging from fortress, royal residency, ruin, museum, and the location of numerous wartime negotiations.
Today the restored castle functions as a museum containing collections of furniture from the 16th century to present, Roman and Gothic church culture, older Danish paintings, crafts focused on ceramics and silver and shifting thematized exhibitions. Koldinghus is managed by the Museum at Koldinghus which was established in 1890.
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Koldinghus ranks #1,233 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #12 of the 59 mapped in Denmark. Founded 1268, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,467 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Kolding, 1 km away. See how Denmark compares in the castle statistics.
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