Grasten Palace

Grasten Palace is excellent recognized for being the summer season residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Grasten within the Jutland location of southern Denmark. The important residence has a present day, all-white facade, with Venetian doors commencing onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways.

The grounds consist of a big stables court. Legend says that Grasten Palace is wherein Hans Christian Andersen wrote, The Little Match Girl, throughout his visit in 1845, but this is not actual. He wrote it when he visited Augustenborg Palace. The south wing of the present-day important house is believed to be constructed at the site of the second one shape, that turned into built in 1603 to update a searching lodge which had been destroyed in a fireplace within the center of the 16th century. After approximately three and a half of succeeding centuries of ownership with the aid of Danish nobles, Grasten Slot turned into taken over via the State, extensively restored, and by using 1935, it become the summer residence for then-Crown Prince Frederik, later King Frederik IX, and Crown Princess Ingrid, later Queen Ingrid, who adored the palace till her loss of life in November 2000. It is the standard venue for the royal family's official summer photo shoot.