Kronborg, Mariah og Camilla

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Kronborg Castle Everybody knows “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare. The play takes place at Kronborg Castle Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, at the seaward approach to The Sound, is one of northern Europe's most important Renaissance castles. It is known all over the world from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, it is also the most famous castle in Denmark and is visited each year by about 200,000 tourists.

History Kronborg Castle was named after King Frederik II in 1577, but its history goes right back to the 1420s, when Erik of Pomerania built the strongly fortified castle known as "Krogen" ("The Hook"). From here the king’s men controlled the shipping in the Sound and collected the unpopular Sound Dues.


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