Chapter 8 - Day 9: Rosenborg Castle

June 17

We were back at exploring the city today, beginning with Rosenborg Castle, built in the 1600's.
It is inside a lovely park, right in the heart of town.

While the outside is certainly striking, what we came for were "the crown jewels" inside. They were much more than crowns, but, crowns first...

There were other stunning jewels.

 













 

But there were many jewels of other kinds, as well, like this (gulp) saddle:

Ivory carvings                                                                               

 

 

After seeing these in "the Treasury", we were unprepared for the many other "jewels" to be found as we walked through the castle rooms, like this little clock

The tapestries were wonderful

Unbelievable handpainted furniture

 The royals seemed to have more interesting china cabinets than most of us...

Some items were simply amazing - the wall and furniture!

Likely not a toy....

This fixture is carved from amber.

And then there were the "ordinary" household things...the home office...

The nursery

and other daily necessities

They also had rooms for special occasions, like for greeting state vistors.

 And just the business as usual throne room

The castle looks out on pretty gardens - these are in the back

These are around the front. All in all, quite regal!

We went from the castle to a design store that specialized with objects made in Africa, African Touch, including ceramics, like this mirror.

There were also artworks, like this sculpture.

Whew! Enough for one chapter..more of this day in the next one.