Kastellet (Danish: ''The Castle''), a house in

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

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, is the former home of the Danish author and satirist

Gustav Wied Gustav Johannes Wied (6 March 1858 – 24 October 1914) was a Danish writer. He was generally known as a satire, satirical critic of society in his time and he deliberately used his writing talents to expose the establishment, bourgeoisie an ...

History

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 Walter Christmas-Dirckinck-Holmfeld (10 February 1861–18 March 1924), commonly known as Walter Christmas, was a Danish author, naval officer, diplomat, and spy for MI6. Today, he is best known for his children's books. He also wrote novels, no ...

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

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.

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History

House and gardens

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