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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