Glorup Manor
Sign in to saveGlorup is a manor house located between Nyborg and Svendborg in the south-east of the Danish island Funen. Rebuilt to the design of Nicolas-Henri Jardin and his pupil Christian Josef Zuber in 1763–65, it is considered one of the finest Baroque complexes in Denmark and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Redesigning the house
- Expansions of the park
- Architecture
- Park
- Obelisk
- Folly
- Bridge ruin
- Inscribed stone
- Today
- List of owners
- References
- External links
Glorup is a manor house located between Nyborg and Svendborg in the south-east of the Danish island Funen. Rebuilt to the design of Nicolas-Henri Jardin and his pupil Christian Josef Zuber in 1763–65, it is considered one of the finest Baroque complexes in Denmark and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.
==History== ===Early history=== Glorup is first mentioned in 1390, but nothing is known about the building at that time and the name may refer to a village rather than a building.
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