Roskilde Cathedral
Roskilde Cathedral is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its outstanding architecture.
The cathedral is the first Gothic cathedral in Scandinavia built from brick, offering a unique insight into Danish and European architecture and building art over the past 800 years – in a church with 1,000 years of history, and the tombs of 40 Danish kings and queens in chapels and crypts.
The majestic cathedral is not only a spectacular sight in itself. The building also reflects an art historical journey through time. Over the centuries, new chapels have been added to accommodate the tombs of the reigning monarchs. Each new chapel is carefully adapted to the cathedral’s design, but with a distinct influence from the architectural style of its period, incorporating the leading artists of the time. The architecture tells the history of the kings, the church, and Denmark.
Roskilde Cathedral
The majestic cathedral is a spectacular sight in itself. However, what most people may not notice at first glance is that the building also reflects an art historical journey through time.
It offers a unique insight into Danish architecture and building art over the past 800 years – and this is one of the reasons why Roskilde Cathedral was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 1995.