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Moltke Mansion

1702 establishments in DenmarkBuildings and structures in Denmark associated with the Moltke familyHouses completed in 1702Houses in CopenhagenListed residential buildings in Copenhagen
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The Moltke's Mansion is a town mansion on the corner of Bredgade and Dronningens Tværgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of several town mansions in Frederiksstaden, although it actually predates the neighbourhood by half a century. It was built for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve between 1700 and 1702 and was originally known as Gyldenløve's Little Mansion (in contrast to his larger mansion, now known as Charlottenborg Palace, at Kongens Nytorv). It received its current name in 1842, after it was acquired by Adam Wilhelm Moltke, the first Danish Prime Minister under the Danish constitutional monarchy. The Baroque mansion has rich sandstone decorations featuring elephants and lion heads and is also notable for its interior decorations by Erik Pauelsen.

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Moltke Mansion
Bredgade, Copenhagen Christianshavn

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1260 Copenhagen, Christianshavn
Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
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