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Amalienborg is the official residence for the Danish royal family and is located in . Frederick VIII's palace complex has four identical Classical façades, effectively four palaces, with Rococo interiors, laid around an octagonal courtyard.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Palace and home of the Danish royal family in Copenhagen
  • Also known as: “Amalienborg Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frederik’s Church and Moltke’s Palace.

Church
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frederik's Church, popularly known as The Marble Church for its rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in , . The church forms the focal point of the district; it is located due west of Amalienborg Palace. is situated 250 metres northwest of Amalienborg.

Photo: Neoclassicism Enthusiast, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moltke's Palace or Christian VII's Palace is one of the four palaces of Amalienborg in that was originally built for Lord High Steward Adam Gottlob Moltke.

Photo: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frederiksstaden and Nyboder.

Quarter
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is a district in , . Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.

Quarter
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is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in , . It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time.

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is a self-governing "free town" established in 1971, a city within the city, on the site of a military barracks as an alternative to mainstream culture. is considered to be the fourth largest tourist attraction in Copenhagen.

Amalienborg

Latitude
55.68398° or 55° 41′ 2″ north
Longitude
12.59314° or 12° 35′ 35″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Named after
Sophie Amalienborg
Open location code
9F7JMHMV+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 378106484
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11054636
Wiki­data ID
Q211053
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Amalienborg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أمالينبورغ”
  • Armenian: “Ամալիենբորգ”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu d’Amalienborg”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu de Amalienborg”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amalienborq”
  • Basque: “Amalienborg jauregia”
  • Belarusian: “Амаліенбарг”
  • Belarusian: “Амаліенборг”
  • Catalan: “Amalienborg”
  • Chinese: “阿瑪利安堡皇宮”
  • Chinese: “阿美琳堡王宮”
  • Chinese: “阿馬林堡宮”
  • Chinese: “阿马林堡宫”
  • Czech: “Amalienborg”
  • Danish: “Amalienborg Slot”
  • Danish: “Amalienborg”
  • Danish: “Christian VIII’s Palæ”
  • Dutch: “Amalienborg”
  • Estonian: “Amalienborg”
  • Estonian: “Amalienborgi loss”
  • Faroese: “Amalienborg”
  • Finnish: “Amalienborgin linna”
  • French: “Amalienborg”
  • French: “Palais Amalienborg”
  • French: “Palais d’Amalienborg”
  • German: “Amalienborg”
  • German: “Schloss Amalienborg”
  • Greek: “Αμάλιενμποργκ”
  • Greek: “Ανάκτορα Αμάλιενμποργκ”
  • Hausa: “Amalienborg”
  • Hebrew: “אמיליאנבורג”
  • Hungarian: “Amalienborg palota”
  • Icelandic: “Amalienborg-höll”
  • Icelandic: “Amalienborg”
  • Icelandic: “Amalíuborg”
  • Icelandic: “Amalíuborgarhöll”
  • Icelandic: “Amelíuborg”
  • Icelandic: “Soffíu Amalíuborg”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Amalienborg”
  • Irish: “Amalienborg”
  • Italian: “Palazzo di Amalienborg”
  • Japanese: “アマリエンボー”
  • Japanese: “アマリエンボー宮殿”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Amalienborg”
  • Korean: “아말리엔보르 성”
  • Korean: “아말리엔보르성”
  • Korean: “아말리엔보르크 성”
  • Latin: “Amalienborg”
  • Latin: “Palatium Amalienborg”
  • Latvian: “Amālienborga”
  • Lithuanian: “Amalienborgas”
  • Northern Frisian: “Amalienborg Sloot”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amalienborg slott”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amalienborg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amalienborg slott”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amalienborg”
  • Norwegian: “Amalienborg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Palais d’Amalienborg”
  • Persian: “املینبورگ”
  • Polish: “Amalienborg”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Amalienborg”
  • Russian: “Амалиенборг”
  • Slovak: “Amalienborg”
  • Slovenian: “grad Amalienborg”
  • Slovenian: “Palača Amalienborg”
  • Spanish: “Amalienborg”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Amalienborg”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Amalienborg”
  • Swedish: “Amalienborg”
  • Swedish: “Amalienborgs slott”
  • Ukrainian: “Амалієнборг”
  • Welsh: “Amalienborg”
  • Western Frisian: “Amalienborg”

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