Liselund Manor

From Møns the visitor is advised to make a short detour to see the Romantic little summer residence of Liselund, built about 1795 by the Governor of the island, the French immigrant Antoine Bosc de la Calmette, for his wife and named after her. In the course of his travels he had acquired a taste for French architecture and was influenced by the "Back to Nature" movement; the house was, therefore, designed in the style of a simple peasant house and the roof thatched with dark reeds.

There are many other Romantic features in the park, including artificial lakes and waterways, a "Swiss cottage" and a "Chinese tea pavilion". Hans Christian Andersen wrote his story "The Tinder Box" while staying in the Swiss cottage. Other buildings in