Ledreborg is a palatial mansion near Lejre, 12 km (7.5 mi) to the southwest of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. Today's Baroque building was completed in 1746 by Minister of State Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763) who commissioned J.C. Krieger to carry out the work.
Ledreborg in 2006
Ledreborg (1873)
The terraced gardens of Ledreborg Palace
Lejre is a railway town, with a population of 3,097, in Lejre Municipality on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It belongs to Region Zealand. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðr or Hleiðargarðr.
Lejre railway station
View west from the earliest hall site
Øm jættestue: Neolithic passage grave near Gammel Lejre.
Beech grove in hilly ground west of Lejre