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Sorø is a town in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand in east Denmark with a population of 8,415. It lies on the northeastern shore of Sorø Lake. The municipal council and the regional council
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Sorø Abbey Gate, constructed between 1160 and 1200.
Sorø railway station.
Jens Schielderup Sneedorff, 1764
Sorø Academy
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Sorø Academy is a boarding school and gymnasium located in the small town of Sorø, Denmark. It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which wa
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…Margaret I of Denmark were buried (she was later moved to Roskilde Domkirke). In the 16th century, the Abbey was converted into a school, which became Sorø Academy. Despite the construction of a rail line through the town in the mid-19th century, the academy remained the core of the settlement, and Sorø has limited…
Sorø Academy, Rosens Atlas, 177
A lecture in an Equestrian Academy, painted by Reinhold Timm, who taught at Sorø from 1623, or Pieter Isaacsz for Rosenborg Castle; part of a series of seven paintings depicting the seven Liberal arts, here rhetoric.
The second Sorø Academy: Lauritz de Thurah's building