Gråsten Palace

Gråsten Palace (Danish: Gråsten Slot) is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways. The grounds include a huge stables court. Legend says that Gråsten Palace is where Hans Christian Andersen wrote, The Little Match Girl, during his visit in 1845, but that's not true. He wrote it when he visited Augustenborg Palace. The south wing of the present-day main house is believed to be built on the site of the second structure, that was built in 1603 to replace a hunting lodge which had been destroyed in a fire in the middle of...