The Most "Royal" Excursions

Over the past week, my Royalty in the Land of Equality class has gone on three field trips! Our professor is an Assistant Curator at the Danish royal Collection at Rosenborg and Christian VII's Palace at Amalienborg, so he really knows his royal history. Although learning about ancient monarchs by reading texts and history analyses can be boring, being able to see firsthand the places where Christian IV and his predecessors lived has been both interesting and helpful in regards to learning the information.

During one of our class periods last week we took a city walk through Copenhagen, visiting some of the city's major architectural  Many of these magnificent buildings were created by King Christian IV during the early 1600s as a means of demonstrating his royal power. It is pretty easy to spot out his architectural feats as they are labeled with a prominent mark of C4, including the stock exchange.

Stock Exchange 

We also visited Rosenborg Castle, a summerhouse located in the center of Copenhagen designed by Christian IV himself.  Today, the castle is a museum and holds the royal crown jewels.  I had previously assumed that the crown jewels were just merely for display, and I was surprised to learn that the Queen still wears some of the most lavish jewels to events held in Denmark today.

Crown Jewels

Yesterday, we visited Frederiksborg Palace during our field study tour-- the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia.  Unsurprisingly, Christian IV is also responsible for the majority of the castle's construction and his ornate style is evident throughout all the rooms. The palace normally closes at 3pm, but our class had special access until 4pm so we literally had the whole place to ourselves.

Frederiksborg Palace 

Although it didn't really relate to our class, our professor also showed us the table setting that is used by the Queen today for her formal dinner parties. What a dinner that would be - I'm still waiting for my invitation in the mail to her next dinner party :)

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