Jens Bang's House

Jens Bang's House is a landmark in Aalborg, Denmark. Situated on Osteragade in Nytorv rectangular, it become constructed in 1624 through Jens Bang in Dutch Renaissance style. Noted for its gables and sculpted auricular window decor, it's miles stated to be the greatest privately owned Renaissance constructing inside the us of a. It additionally features gargoyles and a sculpture of Bang's face, tongue protruding. The 5-storey building has housed the metropolis's oldest pharmacy for extra than three hundred years. It is privately owned. Jens Bang, remembered as one of Denmark's richest residents, was born in Horsens.

The son of Sidsel Jørgensdatter by way of her 2nd marriage to Oluf Bang, he changed into therefore the half of-brother of Aalborg's mayor, Jørgen Olufsen, who had already built a mansion higher up the Ostera road. After arriving in Aalborg in 1600, Bang joined the city's service provider-trade guild Guds Legems Lav. Five years later, he received the fame of a licensed service provider.