Kronborg Slot
The main purpose of this castle was to extract tolls from the ships that passed through the narrow Øresund straight. The original castle was smaller and built in the 1420's, but revenue collection enabled the enlargement in the 1570's to the present structure.
©2000, Jeffrey L. Cooper
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