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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