architecture

Priory of Our Lady

Helsingør, Capital Region, Denmark

Vor Frue Kloster [Danish]

Architecture

Our Lady's Monastery is one of the most important surviving monastery complexes in Denmark and Scandinavia. 

full/alternative names
Carmelite Priory
built
around 1430
culture
Danish, German
style/period
Brick Gothic
work type
1430–1536
monastery/convent
1541–1916
hospital
1541–1807
school
1930–1986
almshouse
material
brick
technique
masonry
patronage
Eric of Pomerania

Geography

Europe » Northern Europe » Kingdom of Denmark » Denmark » Capital Region » Helsingør Municipality » Sankt Mariæ Sogn » Helsingør
local language location name
Helsingør, Danmark [Danish]