Kastellet
Kastellet, a house in Roskilde, Denmark, is the former home of the Danish author and satirist Gustav Wied.Photo: Kiejstut9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roskilde Cathedral and Maglekilde.
Roskilde Cathedral
Church
Photo: CucombreLibre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roskilde Cathedral, in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. The cathedral is one of the most important churches in Denmark, and the official royal burial church of the Danish monarchs. Roskilde Cathedral is situated 470 metres east of Kastellet.
Maglekilde
Spring
Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maglekilde is the most powerful of several natural springs in Roskilde, Denmark. It formerly issued water at a rate of some 90,000 litres per hour but has now dropped to 15,000 litres per hour. Maglekilde is situated 270 metres southeast of Kastellet.
Viking Ship Museum
Museum
Photo: Jami430, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is Denmark's national ship museum for ships of the prehistoric and medieval period. The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of the Skuldelev ships, five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962. Viking Ship Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Kastellet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sankt Jørgensbjerg and Roskilde.
Sankt Jørgensbjerg
Neighborhood
Sankt Jørgensbjerg is a district of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. Initially a fishing village in its own right with a history dating to the Viking Age, it became part of Roskilde in 1938. Today it has become the most desirable district in the city.
Roskilde
Photo: Esther Westerveld, CC BY 2.0.
Roskilde is in West Zealand, Denmark, 35 km west of Copenhagen. Roskilde is an ancient city dating from the Viking age. The most important historical sights are the Viking Museum and Roskilde Cathedral, World Heritage site.
Musicon
Suburb
Musicon is a district of the city of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. It is being developed south of Roskilde railway station in an area of 250,000 m2 where a cement factory once stood. Roskilde Municipality is developing a new district centred on creative cultural associations and institutions.
Kastellet
- Type: House
- Description: home of the Danish author and satirist Gustav Wied
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.64365° or 55° 38′ 37″ northLongitude
12.07308° or 12° 4′ 23″ eastOpen location code
9F7JJ3VF+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 698340821OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q6374798
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Kastellet” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kastellet”
- French: “Kastellet”
- Swedish: “Kastellet”
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