Frescoes

NOTES: The gallery and upper floors were reached by five spiral staircases around the courtyard: the most important of these is the Scala Regia (Royal Stairs) rising through the three floors, frescoed by Antonio Tempesta.

NOTES: The gallery and upper floors were reached by five spiral staircases around the courtyard: the most important of these is the Scala Regia (Royal Stairs) rising through the three floors, frescoed by Antonio Tempesta.

NOTES: This is an octagonal pink marble structure inside of which there are sixteen arches, forming alcoves each containing a painted scene. Designed by Benedetto Antelami, who was director of works from 1196 to 1216, it was begun in the Romanesque style and completed in the Gothic.

NOTES: This town house, built for the financier Jean-Baptiste Lambert, was designed by Louis Le Vau. Eustache le Sueur and Charles Le Brun were responsible for the interior decoration, notably the Galerie d'Hercule.

NOTES: This old Benedictine monastic church, originally known as Sankt Knuds Kirke, is one of the oldest brick-built churches in Denmark, dating c.1160. Following a fire in 1241, it was rebuilt with a vaulted ceiling and reconsecrated in 1268.

NOTES: This medieval church, built unusually of brick, dates from the early 14th century. The interior paintings are 16th century.

NOTES: This medieval church, built unusually of brick, dates from the early 14th century. The interior paintings are 16th century.