Vordingborg Castle

The Vordingborg Castle ruins are positioned inside the town of Vordingborg, Denmark and are the metropolis's most famous attraction. The citadel changed into constructed in 1175 with the aid of King Valdemar I of Denmark as a protective fort, and as a base from which to release raids against the German coast. His half of-brother constructed another castle in a remote region, which is now Copenhagen. King Valdemar II further used the citadel for expansion into the Baltic, and in 1241, it changed into wherein he created the reformed prison machine, the Code of Jutland.

By the time of King Valdemar IV, the castle had nine towers and a protective wall, 800 metres lengthy. Large parts of the fort have been demolished after the Swedish wars had ended, for you to construct a palace for Prince George, son of King Frederick III. The prince by no means took up residence, and the palace too changed into demolished within the 18th century. Three manors had been constructed nearby, which includes Iselingen, which became a assembly place for many leading artists and scientists at some stage in the 1800s.