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| A royal painting of some Danish king and queen. The Queen is wearing a large diamond tiara and beautiful fairy princess dress. |
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| Wrought iron railing inside the palace. The "M" is Queen Margrethe II's monogram. |
I visited the Christiansborg Palace at Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July of 2011. I paid about $15 to see the reception rooms, as the royal family does not use this palace as a residence, only for entertaining distinguished visitors.
The video I took inside the palace. It is sooo pretty!
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| The beautiful guilded door leading into the throne room. |
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| Tapestry on the wall. |
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| The Royal Thrones. |
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| A bust of Queen Louise, consort to Frederik VIII. |
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| Queen Louise, Consort to King Christian IX. |
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| Patining of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, eldest daughter of King Christian IX |
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| A large oil painting of King Christian IX and his entire family, including grandchildren. |
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| A beautiful frosted glass chandelier inside the tapestry room. |
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| A detail of the ceiling in one of the rooms. |
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| The tapestry room, which houses modern tapestries woven in a rainbow display of colors. |
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| A detail of the one of the modern tapestries, showing many world leaders of the 50's and 60's. |
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| A porcelain vase, which sat atop a cabinet. |
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| The Banquet Room. |
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| The pink room, my favorite! |
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| A detail over the doorway in the pink room. |
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| The pink and gold room, which was my favorite. Every room had a different style of chandelier. |
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| The Royal Library. |
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| Another part of the Royal Library. |
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| The red room! |
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| Ivory carved panels on a wardrobe. |
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| Rooster painted on the wall. |
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| There is a chandelier in every room in the palace. |
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| A detail of one of the ceilings of the palace. |
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| A marble bust of King Christian IX. |
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| I don't think I was allowed to take photos in the palace, but there weren't any signs that said not too. I just hid my camera whenever a guard walked past me! |
