Sweden · 17th century
Viderup Castle ranks #5,021 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #141 of the 209 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1623, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Malmö, 28 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
Viderup Castle (Swedish: Viderups slott) is a manor house in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, Sweden. The main building has two floors together with two one-storey wings, surrounds a courtyard that is open to the north.
Viderup manor (former spelling Hviderup) was built in Renaissance style during the early 17th century by Anne Brahe (1576-1635), widow of Steen Maltesen Sehested (1553-1611), Danish Marshal of the Realm (rigsmarsk) and commander of Froste Herred in Scania.
Text adapted from “Viderup Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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