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A b o u t a m ile from F re d e rik sv æ rk is th e village o f Vinderød , in the p re tty little ch u rch o f w hich, rem a rk ab le also for its h a v in g a spire, is a m o ­ n um en t to G en eral Classens , the orig in ato r o f the C a n n o n -F o u n d ry at F re d e rik s v æ rk , w ho m ad e the first b ra ss g u n in D enm ark. T h e tom b b e ars the a p p earan ce of an excavated rock, a n d is sep arated from th e body o f the ch u rch by a rail. Frederiksborg. T h e road to this place from F re d e rik s v æ rk , after p assin g a few pow d er m a ­ gazines, p alisaded and guarded by se n tin e ls, and th e A rré L ake, th e larg e st in Sealand, is open and u n in te re stin g ; b u t it leads to one o f th e g reatest "lio n s” o f D enm ark. Frederiksborg Castle w as b u ilt in the comm encem ent of the seventeen th centu ry b y Christian IV. a fte r a p lan of Inigo Jones j and occupied fifteen y e ars in building. It is o f red brick, in the G othic style, and stan ds on th ree sm all islands connected b y bridges. T h e p re sen t K in g , F red erik V II., h as m ade this C astle his p erm an en t residence. T h e R idd e rsa l , or Knights’ Hall 3 is an imm ense a p a rtm e n t, 1 50 ft. long and 4 0 ft. broad, b u t n o t sufficiently lofty in p ro p o rtio n to its length. T h e ceiling is so elaborately carved th a t