architecture
Kronborg Castle
Helsingør, Capital Region, Denmark
Kronborg Slot [Danish]
Architecture
historic names
Krogen
[Danish]
1420-1585
built
1420s
1574-1585
culture
style/period
work type by function
architect / constr. phase
1420
First fortress built by king Eric VII
1558-1559
addition of bastions by King Christian III
1570-1577
modernization and extension of the fortification
1574-1585
transformation into a Renaissance castle by King Frederick II
1578-1585
1631-1639
reconstruction after the fire of 1629
1688-1690
strengthening of the fortification after Swedish conquest of 1658
artist
Geography
local language location name
Helsingør, Danmark [Danish]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
IV
designation
reference
696rev