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HISTORY OF ROSENBORG CASTLE
solidated and lengthened, and gradually heightened; we also
know that the king really would have bu ilt himself a la rg e
r e s id e n t ia l pa la ce (1610) just like Frederiksborg(?), and
that this thought of size and height continued w ith him until
at last Rosenborg was given the height of a great castle.
And here I must emphasize the beautiful feature in the
composition of the building, that the two sides of the castle
have been treated differently, as if the east side w ith its
towers were the fem in in e , richer and lower side, the west
side w ith its high and free tower the m a s c u lin e ; but both
sides blend together in the silhouettes of the spires and the
castle, making the building into one whole.