The King's Garden Over 400 Years - Copenhagen, Denmark
N 55° 41.144 E 012° 34.617
33U E 347672 N 6173764
This historical marker is located in the Kongens Have (English: King's Garden) within the boundaries of the Rosenborg Castle moat in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Waymark Code: WMPCT7
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 08/10/2015
Views: 15
The marker includes text in both English and Danish. The English text reads:
"In 1606 Christian IV bought a large area outside old Copenhagen. Here a combined kitchen and ornamental garden was laid out, which could both supply the court and provide space for titling at the ring and other royal activities. The pleasure palace Rosenborg was built in a corner of the garden. It is known that apples, pears, cherries, plums, quinces, figs, walnuts, vines, mulberries, peaches, and almonds were cultivated in the garden, and by 1624 there were as many as 1400 different plants. Today the ornamental garden has taken over, and of the original garden only the paths remain. In the western corner of the garden boxwood hedges have been used to recreate the geometric Renaissance form of the beds. The plants are all varieties which were known in the 1600s."
Group that erected the marker: Kongernes Samling
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Øster Voldgade 4A
Copenhagen, Denmark
1350
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