Gribskov Municipality, Denmark
Esrum Abbey
Gribskov Municipality, Denmark
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Esrum Abbey was Denmark's second Cistercian monastery, founded in 1101 on the north shore of Lake Esrum near Hillerød on the island of Zealand. Built in the Brick Gothic style characteristic of medieval Danish religious architecture, the monastery stood until its demolition in 1536. Today it is registered as a monument on the Danish national heritage register.
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- Built
- Type
- monastery
- Heritage
- monument on Kulturstyrelsen register
- Place
- Gribskov Municipality, Denmark
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