Kastellet (Roskilde)
Kastellet (Danish: The Castle), a house in Roskilde, Denmark, is the former home of the Danish author and satirist Gustav Wied.
History
[edit]The house was built to Wied's own design in 1900 with the proceeds from Første Violin, a comedy published in 1898. After a visit, his friend and colleague Walter Christmas referred to the house as "Kastellet" due to its castle-like architecture, and Wied instantly adopted the name, always using it in reference to his home thereafter.
House and gardens
[edit]The property also includes a small half-timbered building known as the Widow Seat and an outbuilding known as the Gentlemen's Wing, connecting to a garden wall.
Both the buildings, the garden and a memorial grove with 28 memorials were listed by the Danish Heritage Agency in 1996.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sag: Kastellet - Byvolden 25 A-B, Roskilde" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2012-07-28.