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The fairytale castle

Already in the twelve century there was a pirate castle located, however, the Island was purchased in the year 1398 by Queen Margrethe the I.

Gavnø Castle is a cast solid rococo castle and is one of Denmark’s finest castles, where the visitor will find a great many things of interest. The castle contains many fine examples of antiquities, art and furniture from the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, among them, gothic, renascence, baroque and rococo.

The large collection of antiquities is on display in the beautiful furnished rooms and halls. Please notice The Big Dining room with the Italian stuk ceiling, the great French Bacchara chandelier and the floor made of pommersk fyr and the beautiful furnished guest rooms from the 1750’erne.

A writer, who visited Gavnø Castle in 1845, wrote: “In the entire main building almost all the walls and rooms, yes, even the staircases, are decorated with paintings”. This fantastic sight is still true today.