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L ake.
A n em inence, called
Frue Biery,
in the
w ood on its opposite bank, affords a fine prospect
over th e C attegat, S o u n d , an d C oast o f Sw eden;
b u t still not to be com pared to the view from the
W in d -m ill before m entioned.
T h e road from F redensborg to E lsinore, (about
8
m iles), passes n ear
Gurre,
where, on the banks
o f G u rre lake, am id som bre and rom antic scenery,
a re the rem a in s o f an old c astle, the favorite
re sid en c e, in the 14th. century, o f K ing V aldem ar
A tterdag.
Elsinore (flelsinyoer),
containing 8 0 0 0 in
h ab itan ts , is beautifully situated on the narrow est
p a rt o f the S o u n d , opposite the Sw edish sea-p o rt
tow n o f
Helsinyhory}
3 m iles d is ta n t
H o te ls : "H o te l d’G re -S u n d ,” and "H o te l du
N o rd .”
E lsin ore w as the b irth -p la ce o f S ax o -G ram -
m a tic u s , a celebrated histo rian o f the tw elfth
century.
Kronbory,
(C row n C astle), w as built by
F re d e rik I I . , tow ard s the end o f the sixteenth
century.
It is a m agnificent, solid, and v e n era b le