Hesselagergård
Sign in to saveHesselagergård (or Hesselager Manor), located near Gudme in the southeast of the Danish island Funen, is the oldest Renaissance building in Denmark. It was built by Johan Friis, one of the most powerful men in Denmark during the reigns of Christian III and Frederick II.
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- Instance of
- manor house
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Svendborg Municipality
- Image
- Hesselagergaard-DSC 9790.jpg
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- architectural style
- Renaissance architecture
- Commons category
- Hesselagergård
- commissioned by
- Johan Friis
- street address
- Hesselagergårdsvej 20A, 5874 Hesselager
- postal code
- 5874
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Hesselagergård (or Hesselager Manor), located near Gudme in the southeast of the Danish island Funen, is the oldest Renaissance building in Denmark. It was built by Johan Friis, one of the most powerful men in Denmark during the reigns of Christian III and Frederick II.
==History== It is first documented in the 13th century when it was mentioned in Valdemar II's Liber Census Daniæ as Crown land. In 1419, it belonged to the Bild family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hesselagergård” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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