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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient See of Roskilde in Denmark
		Diocese of Roskilde by papal Bull in 1169.
		Roskilde and at Lund, and greatly favoured the Franciscans.
		Roskilde in 1413 by forcibly removing the body of his benefactress Queen Margaret from Soroe abbey to the cathedral.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/16071c.htm (994 words)

	Cathedral of Roskilde
		Roskilde Cathedral became a mausoleum for the Danish royal family and reaped the benefits of the royal favours that accompanied its status.
		In the Roskilde Chronicle, it was said to be decorated with a large crown, marble columns and all sorts of ornaments.
		Roskilde Cathedral is where the Danish royal dynasty buries its dead - but it is only since the Reformation in 1536 that all the deceased kings have found their final resting place here.
	www.roskildedomkirke.dk /dk/engelsk_version.asp (2917 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral - Danish Kings and Queens burial place - Copenhagen Portal
		Roskilde Cathedral was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick which encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe.
		The Roskilde Cathedral Organ was built in 1554 by Herman Raphaelis and was restored in 1990 to replicate its first major rebuild (1654).
		Roskilde is situated in the middle of Zealand right at the bottom of Roskilde Fjord and 30 Km from Copenhagen.
	copenhagenet.dk /CPH-Roskilde.htm (454 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Roskilde Cathedral (Danish: Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the Island of Zealand (SjÃ¦lland) in eastern Denmark, was the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its construction encouraged the spread of this Brick Gothic style throughout Northern Europe.
		The cathedral's twin spires dominate the skyline of the town.
		The Empress of Russia Maria Feodorovna was also buried at Roskilde until 23 September 2006, when her coffin was returned to Russia after the agreement between Denmark and Russia stating that her remains were to be reburied in Saint Petersburg.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Roskilde_Cathedral (531 words)

	Roskilde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roskilde is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Roskilde County 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark.
		Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its construction encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe.
		Roskilde has a seven platform train station which serves as a central hub connecting southern Zealand, the islands of Falster and Lolland, west Zealand and Jutland to Copenhagen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roskilde (841 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roskilde Cathedral (Danish: Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the Island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark was the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its construction encouraged the spread of this Brick Gothic style throughout Northern Europe.
		The cathedral's twin spires dominate the skyline of the city.
		Roskilde Cathedral has been the main burial site for Danish monarchs since the 15th Century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roskilde_Cathedral (462 words)

	Roskilde, Denmark
		Roskilde, which in the Middle Ages was at times a royal seat and a diocesan town, is situated in the east of Zealand on Roskilde Fjord, which bites deep into the island.
		Roskilde is one of the oldest towns in Denmark.
		Roskilde is now one of the major industrial, educational and scientific areas of Denmark, with the Roskilde University Center (RUC), concentrating on the social sciences, and an atomic research center at Riso, to the north of the town.
	www.planetware.com /denmark/roskilde-dk-z-ros.htm (451 words)

	Roskilde Adventure Travel - Roskilde Travel Guide
		Roskilde, once a great ecclesiastical seat, was Denmark's leading city until the mid-15th century.
		Roskilde may be centuries past its peak, but it is no sleepy museum town.
		By the 11th century, a Catholic church and a Bishop's Seat resided at Roskilde, which was to remain Denmark's capital until the Reformation in 1536.
	away.com /destination-overview/Roskilde-278347-travel-guide.html (449 words)

	Roskilde Festival News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tragic incidents at the Roskilde Festival caused the death of nine young men in connection with a concert on the Orange Stage on the night of Friday 30 June.
		Roskilde Festival - its audience members and volunteers - will honour the deceased and their survivors by preserving all of the imperishable articles from the memorial.
		Leif Skov, one of Roskilde Festival's leaders, is a member of the executive committee of Yourope, the Euro-pean union of festival organisations.
	www.carto.net /alex/roskilde.shtml (2967 words)

	Gothic Art and Architecture
		Notable for its elegant proportions, it was a model for the French Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
		Roskilde Cathedral was built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick, encouraging the spread of this style throughout northern Europe.
		From the 14th century Roskilde Cathedral has been the burial place and mausoleum for 39 Danish Kings and Queens interred in various ornate sarcophaguses within and outside the cathedral.
	arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-Style08-Gothic.htm (1526 words)

	Roskilde Katedralskole - English
		Roskilde Katedralskole is an upper secondary school attended by 843 students aged between 16 and 20.
		It is situated on the outskirts of Roskilde, one of Denmark’s oldest provincial towns, about 30 kilometres from Copenhagen.
		The school’s Latin motto, Artibus Ingenuis, to the noble arts, can still be seen on the building opposite the cathedral that housed the school until it moved to its present location in 1969.
	www.roskildekat-gym.dk /sw1259.asp (182 words)

	Roskilde Festival
		Roskilde Fjord can be experienced on board a Viking ship or one of the modern vessels.
		Lejre from the heathen chiefs of the Iron Age and the legends of the kings of Lejre to the national assemblies in Lejre in the 18th century.
		The permanent exhibitions at Roskilde Museum document first and foremost Roskilde’s history from the 990s to the 1970s – ending with RUC (Roskilde University Centre) and Risø (research centre for energy and medical technology).
	www.roskilde-festival.dk /object.php?obj=4c9000f&base=54a22774&code=1 (609 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral - Reburial of Empress Maria Fedorovna - September 2006
		In Roskilde Cathedral Empress Maria Fedorovna was placed in a sarcophagus in the Chapel of Christian IX next to her parents.
		Twenty kings and seventeen queens have been buried in the cathedral, and the interior of the cathedral is therefore characterized by the many chapels of different styles.
		The service will be attended by Her Majesty the Queen along with other members of the Royal family, representatives of the Danish government and the Parliament, representatives of the Russian government and the City of St. Petersburg, members of the Romanov family and representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church.
	www.reburial.um.dk /en/menu/HistoricalBackground/RoskildeCathedral (261 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral, Marvel of the north Scandinavian Review - Find Articles
		In fact, Roskilde Cathedral has been the chief burial place for Danish royalty since the Middle Ages, and from the time of the Reformation all Danish kings and queens have been buried here.
		Built largely in the 12th and 13th centuries, and expanded periodically until the present day, Roskilde Cathedral was the first Gothic cathedral in Scandinavia constructed of red brick.
		Undoubtedly angry and grief-stricken, Canute's newly widowed sister, Estrid, demanded that the wooden church be pulled down and a new church of travertine erected as a monument to her murdered husband.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_200107/ai_n8954582 (870 words)

	ARCHIPELAGOES - Denmark - Roskilde
		About 1020 the see of Roskilde was established, and before long there were 14 parish churches and five convents and monasteries besides the cathedral.
		In the Middle Ages Roskilde was considered one of the biggest and most important cities in Northern Europe with a population of 5,000-10,000.
		Queen Margrethe l was interred in Roskilde Cathedral about the year 1413, and the cathedral has been the favourite burial place of the Royal Family since that time.
	www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/ENGELSKA/DENMARK/roskilde.htm (541 words)

	Rosklide, Denmark - photos of scenery in Roskilde on Worldisround
		Scenery in Roskilde - travel photos - Roskilde is situated in one of the most scenic areas of natural beauty in Denmark - in the...
		Roskilde is situated in one of the most scenic areas of natural beauty in Denmark - in the middle of Zealand and yet close to Copenhagen.
		Roskilde Kloster (priory) was originally a manor house from 1560.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/86898/index.html (187 words)

	Roskilde Festival
		The cathedral’s tall spire is visible from almost everywhere in the city.
		The cathedral’s history spans more than 1000 years, and it has been enlarged several times through the ages, so a visit to the cathedral is also a walk through the history of Denmark and Europe.
		Roskilde is, as the name suggests in Danish, the City of Springs.
	www.roskilde-festival.dk /object.php?obj=1b3000c (937 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Roskilde Cathedral was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick which encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe.
		It was the founder of Copenhagen Bishop Absalon that started the building of the present Cathedral in red bricks around 1170's.
		Since the 14th century Roskilde Cathedral has been the mausoleum and burial place for 39 Danish Kings and Queens interred in various ornate sarcophaguses within and outside the cathedral.
	members.tripod.com /tai95112/roskilde.html (81 words)

	Newsletter
		Interactive 3D-animations of the Roskilde Cathedral are now available on VRheritage.org's internet-portal and give users the opportunity to experience the Cathedral's history and architecture at first hand.
		Also involved are Annette Kruse from the Roskilde Cathedral for site-specific expertise and the Danish Library School for research into methods that will make the Explorer educational from the described "play and learn" approach.
		In their account for the inscription the Commission emphasized that "Roskilde Cathedral is in many ways the most important ecclesiastical building built of red brick in northern Europe and had a profound influence on the spread of brick for this purpose…".
	www.vrheritage.org /vrorg/newsletter/VOL_1_Roskilde_cathedral.html (744 words)

	Prindsen Hotel Roskilde - online hotel reservations
		Roskilde is thus a natural base for an adventurous holiday, for meetings, courses and conferences.
		Roskilde Cathedral: The impressive red brick Cathedral with the slender spires is one of the most remarkable buildings in Denmark.
		Roskilde Kloster: Roskilde Kloster (priory) was originally a manor house from 1560.
	www.all-hotels.com /xbook/servlet/hotel-details?hotl_id=402001 (516 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		Roskilde Cathedral was admitted to the World Heritage List in 1995.
		Roskilde Cathedral is another one: not so obvious maybe (it started out as a Catholic church), but the Reformation had a profound influence here.
		I am from new zealand, and visited Roskilda Cathedral in September of this year to look for a portrait of my great great cousin Dr Nikolaj Edinger Balle who was Bishop for Roskilda from 1805 to 1816.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/roskildecathedral.html (560 words)

	Roskilde
		Roskilde Cathedral has been the burial place of Danish kings and queens since the 15th century.
		Roskilde Priory is an elegant 1560 manor house converted to a home for unmarried Danish noblewomen.
		Roskilde is only 25 minutes away from the heart of Copenhagen by train or car.
	www.homeatfirst.com /roskilde.htm (574 words)

	Destination Roskilde - Roskilde
		I Middelalderen var Roskilde en af Nordeuropas betydeligste byer og hovedsæde for kongen samt bispesæde.
		Det historiske Roskilde er det ideelle udgangspunkt for udflugter til Sjællands og Københavns attraktioner både i bil og med tog.
		Roskilde Amt har udgivet en række publikationer der beskriver områder med specielt naturskønne steder særlige landskabstyper spændende dyreliv og mindre seværdigheder.
	www.visitroskilde.com (299 words)

	Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen - Roskilde Palace - History
		In 1417, when Erik of Pomerania wrested control of Roskilde town from the see of Roskilde, it signalled the start of the decline of the once so powerful town founded by King Roar, probably in 998.
		Roskilde Palace was built between 1733-36 on the spot where the original, dilapidated bishop's palace had been located.
		The first floor of the main building, which is linked to the Cathedral by the so-called Absalon Arch from the 13th century, was allocated to the royal couple, while the Court staff was allocated the ground floor.
	www.ses.dk /398855f0 (420 words)

	Viking tour Copenhagen - Official tourist-site about Copenhagen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Roskilde Bay, the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde Cathedral and the town of Roskilde - once the capital of Denmark.
		Roskilde was the capital of Denmark in ancient times.
		Roskilde reveals many secrets about the daily life of our nation's ancestors.
	www.visitcopenhagen.dk /composite-1279.htm (158 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The custom in those days was to bury an important person within the church -- often beneath one of the aisles -- and to make the tombstone a floor tile.
		When this church was built, Roskilde was Denmark's capital, the seat of government.
		This is the tomb of Queen Margrete I. Most Gothic cathedrals are very high and very poorly-lit.
	web.tampabay.rr.com /mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00554.html (188 words)

	Roskilde Cathedral - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Island of Sjaelland, County and City of Roskilde
		Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe.
		It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century.
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=695 (100 words)

	DANHOSTEL Roskilde Youth Hostel Denmark
		Roskilde houses some of the country’s most distinguished sights, such as the Cathedral, the Viking ships, and the Lejre research centre.
		Roskilde a traffic junction, connected by railway to all of Zealand, Funen and Jutland.
		The new DANHOSTEL Roskilde is situated in the unique harbour environment in Roskilde, close to green areas and parks.
	www.danhostel.dk /vandrerhjem.asp?lan=uk&id=128 (146 words)

	Destination Roskilde - Roskilde Cathedral for groups
		Roskilde Cathedral, sepulchral church of the Danish kings and queens.
		In addition to the chapels, there are beautiful wood-carvings, a gilt altar-piece, frescoes and a clock with mechanical figures from the Middle Ages, as well as the famous baroque organ.
		Roskilde Cathedral is included on UNESCO´s list of outstanding cultural and natural heritages.
	www.visitroskilde.com /group_product.asp?l=2&id=5&Guuid=5&PID=2 (164 words)

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