File:Rosenborg - silver lions.jpg
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The third floor of Rosenborg Castle is the Long Hall which was originally a ballroom before being used as a Royal Reception Room and for banquets. The wavy columns on the white king’s throne (1665) are “unicorn horn,” the most precious material of the day and believed to bring protection from evil and poison; in reality, they are narwhal tusks from Greenland which the Danes asserted sovereignty over beginning in 1605. The queen’s throne (1731) is hammered silver. The three silver lions (1670) weigh 150 pounds each. They are an allusion to the biblical Throne of Solomon—the inspiration for the king’s throne—which was guarded by 12 lions. The ceiling-corner sculptures were created on the theme of the four continents known at the time with the Africa depiction most visible here. The tapestries were designed for the room in the late 1600’s to depict Danes defeating the Swedes at sea and on land during the Scanian War (1675-1679) which actually had no definitive victor. Rosenborg Castle was built in the early 1600’s as a country summer residence by King Christian IV. In the basement is the Royal Danish Treasury which houses the crown jewels. On Google Earth: Rosenborg Castle 55°41'8.43"N, 12°34'38.84"E |
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| Source | 20140706_Denmark_0238 Copenhagen |
| Author | Dan Lundberg |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Dan Lundberg at https://flickr.com/photos/9508280@N07/15159647055. It was reviewed on 4 October 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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