Anne Hvides House

Anne Hvide's House is a two-storey, half of-timbered building in Svendborg at the Danish island of Funen. One of the oldest houses inside the town, it turned into constructed in 1560 by means of Anne Hvide, a widow of noble descent. It turned into used as an hotel from 1837 to 1867. After being restored in 1916, it have become a museum with exhibitions relating to the history of Svendborg.

Built within the Renaissance fashion, the residence is an 8-bay, -storey third timbered structure with a shallow cellar. The purple-tiled roof slopes at an perspective of 60 tiers. The timbering is painted black at the same time as the panels encompass patterned brickwork. The carved door out to Fruestraede stands at the top of 4 steps with iron railings. In 1978, the house become repainted in its original ochre yellow. Anne Hvide became the second one remaining of the famous Danish Hvide clan founded by using Skjalm Hvide in the 11th century. She turned into the wife of nobleman Jesper Friis who efficaciously led the artillery towards the Lubeckers at Karnan close to Helsingborg.