Nyborg Slot

Nyborg Slot is a restored medieval citadel in Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen. The citadel figures prominently in Danish history. It became right here that King Eric V Klipping signed Denmark's first constitution in 1282. The castle become also the venue for the Danehof, the united states's first parliament.

The citadel is operated as a part of Ostfyns Museum which additionally includes Borgmestergarden in Mads Lerches Gard. stablished round 1170, the moated citadel changed into firstly square-fashioned with nook towers linked via a curtain wall. A residential building was constructed next to the west wall within the mid-thirteenth century and a strong protective tower was constructed at the east wall. It become right here that King Eric V signed Denmark's first charter in 1282. Until 1413, the palatium changed into the main venue for the Danehof or medieval parliament. King Christian III, who regularly stayed inside the constructing, created a new banqueting corridor and a tower in the 1540s.Under King Christian IV, additional paintings changed into completed by the Italian architect Domenicus Badiaz in 1607, when the main tower acquired a spire much like that of Copenhagen's Blatarn.