ABSTRACT
The traveller in Denmark immediately becomes aware of a rich and well-preserved building culture. This is characterized by numerous ancient monuments and ruins and more recent building structures. As a trading and maritime nation, Denmark, throughout history, has had close contacts with the rest of Scandinavia, the countries of central Europe, and the British Isles. These contacts have left a distinctive imprint on Denmark’s landscape, urban environment and building culture. For example Danish coastal towns share a clear structural affinity with the commercial centres of Denmark’s historical maritime trading partners. The country’s architecture also reflects foreign influences, mainly from Germany, Holland and Italy, but at the same time it has its own unmistakably Danish character (Figs 4.1 and 4.2). Tersløsegård (1737), the summer residence of the author Ludvig Holberg (exterior). An example of a Danish manor house from the enlightenment era. Built on the ideas of the baroque, but with significant Scandinavian features: the use of daylight, and the best materials and craftsmanship available. (Copyright: Henriette Bjarne Hansen.) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203857564/1c881394-e4e0-4a76-b38d-40b03cd2bbf1/content/fig4_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> Tersløsegård (interior). (Copyright: Henriette Bjarne Hansen.) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203857564/1c881394-e4e0-4a76-b38d-40b03cd2bbf1/content/fig4_2_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
