Gurre Castle

Gurre Castle Danish: Gurre Slot was a royal castle in North Zealand in Denmark. Its ruins lie at the outskirts of Helsingor, close to the city of Tikob on the lake at Gurre Valdemar IV of Denmark died inside the fortress in 1375. The citadel, now a spoil, was constructed in the 12th century. Four towers and a perimeter wall had been brought inside the 1350s. It became excavated in the 19th century from 1835 and is now restored.

It was first mentioned in court docket chronicles in 1364, when Pope Urban V despatched a present of relics to its chapel. The fort is associated with a legend about a Danish king named Waldemar typically identified with the 14th-century Valdemar IV Atterdag, his love for his stunning mistress Tove Lille Little Tove and the jealousy of Queen Helvig. Over the centuries, this center saga become enriched by using different legends, sooner or later developing into a national fantasy of Denmark.