Castle is one of Europe’s finest Renaissance buildings, featuring a real moat, spires, a knight’s hall and ghastly creatures in its masonry. It was built in 1554 and it is located in the south of the Funen island, just about two hours Drive from the Copenhagen. The quaint island of Funen is also the birthplace of storyteller Hans Christian Anderson. The castle consists of two long buildings connected by a thick double wall, allowing defenders to abandon one house and continue fighting from the other. The double wall is over one meter thick and contains secret staircases and a well. Defenders were able to attack an enemy’s flanks from the two round corner towers. Other medieval defences include artillery ports, scalding holes and arrow slits.

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credit: César González Palomo

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credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

credit: Hans Splinter

Frederick Arthur Bridgman is best known for his painted visions of exoticized North African scenes and people. He was considered among the leading Orientalist artists of his time. During his long and prolific career, Bridgman traveled to Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and Syria to paint and document local customs. In 1881, at the peak of his popularity, Bridgman exhibited over three hundred works at the American Art Gallery in New York.

diversion assyrian king 1877

messenger 1879

procession honor isis 1902

scene morocco 1885

village el biar algeria 1889

learning quran coran 1921

falcon hunt

cleopatras barge

arab women town wall 1925

an egyptian procession 1902

an arab encampment

pharaoh army engulfed red sea 1900

an arab village 1879

women cemetery algiers

an algerian street

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