Frederiksborg Castle

Frederiksborg Castle lies on three islands in the little Frederiksborg Lake in Hillerød. The castle, restored in its original style after a fire in 1859, is considered to be the epitome of Danish Renaissance architecture. Since 1888 the main courtyard has been adorned with a copy of the Fountain of Neptune by Adrian de Vries (1623), the original of which was taken to Sweden in 1658. After the completion of Fredensborg Castle, Frederiksborg gradually acquired the character of a museum in the course of the 18th and 19th centuries and the Knights' Hall was made into a picture gallery.