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Viderup Castle

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Viderup Castle
Viderups slott
Eslöv Municipality
Viderups slott
Viderup Castle is located in Skåne
Viderup Castle
Viderup Castle
Coordinates55°46′39″N 13°17′15″E / 55.7775°N 13.2875°E / 55.7775; 13.2875
Typemanor house
Site information
Open to
the public
No
Site history
Built1617-23

Viderup Castle (Swedish: Viderups slott) is a manor house in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, Sweden. The main building has two floors together with two one-storey wings, surrounds a courtyard that is open to the north. [1]

History

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Viderup manor (former spelling Hviderup) was built in Renaissance style during the early 17th century by Anne Brahe (1576-1635), widow of Steen Maltesen Sehested (1553-1611), Danish Marshal of the Realm (rigsmarsk) and commander of Froste Herred in Scania. [2] [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Viderups slott". Eslövs kommun. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hviderup". Slottsguiden. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Steen Maltesen Sehested". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2020.