Lauritz de Thurah
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Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, known as Lauritz de Thurah, was a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the late baroque period. As an architectural
Laurids de Thurah painted in 1754 by Johan Hörner
Hirschholm as illustrated in J. P. Trap: Kongeriget Danmark 2nd edition, 1872
Thurah's own house at 25 Amaliegade in Copenhagen, built to his own design in 1755-57
Plaque in Trinitatis Church, Copenhagen.
Hirschholm Palace
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Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s an
Lauritz de Thurah
…English siege of Copenhagen in 1807, and now houses the Museum of Contemporary Art. In 1733–1739, he worked on the first remodelling and expansion of Hirschholm Palace for King Christian VI and his consort, Queen Sophie Magdalene. In 1734–36, de Thurah built the Eremitage Palace, a palatial hunting lodge overlooking…
Hirschholm
Hirschholm in decay, 1797
Hørsholm Church from 1883, now standing at the site of the former palace