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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.

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Instance of
manor house
Country
Denmark
Official website
www.glorupgods.dk
Image
Glorup, Lake View.jpg
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architectural style
baroque architecture
Commons category
Glorup Gods
inception
1765-00-00
commissioned by
Adam Gottlob Moltke
street address
Glorupvej 34, Nyborg
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • 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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