Helsingør - Mansion of Marienlyst

From Axeltorv in Helsingør proceed in a northwesterly direction through Nygade and Marienlyst Allé to the Mansion of Marienlyst. Originally built in 1587 and conceived as an observation pavilion overlooking the Sound, it was reconstructed about 1760 by Nicolas Henri Jardin for Queen Juliane Marie, the widow of Frederik V. Today the mansion, surrounded by a park, serves as a museum with Louis XVI furniture, views of the town, etc. In the park can be seen a commemorative grave for the Danish Prince Hamlet, a granite sarcophagus by the sculptor Einar Utzon-Frank and erected here in 1926.