Charlottenborg Palace

The origins of the site trace back to a gift from King Christian IV to his mistress Wiebke Kruse, who established a garden here. After her death, the property passed to their son, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve. Later, it was acquired by Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, an illegitimate son of King Frederik III and half-brother of the later King Christian V. With royal permission, Ulrik Frederik erected a palace here between 1672 and 1683, which was the first permanent building on the newly planned Kongens Nytorv. Following Christian V's death, his widow, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, purchased the palace in 1699 and used it as her dower house. She had it expanded and named it Charlottenborg after herself. Since 1754, the palace has been home to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Today, Charlottenborg Palace houses the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and serves as a venue for exhibitions in the Charlottenborg Art Exhibition Hall. The building was restored in 2007, and the exhibition spaces reopened in January 2008.