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HISTORY OF ROSENBORG CASTLE

and to erect a new „lo n g " , fo u r s id e d to w e r a t th e f r o n t o f th e w e s t fa ça d e and h e ig h te n th e eas t p r o je c t io n s c o r re s p o n d in g ly . During the course of the w inter of 1615—1616 the main building in its new height was roofed, and the temporary roofing of the east towers was replaced by the present spires, which now at last were erected and tiled w ith slates (from A p ril 1916). Unfortunately, we cannot follow the building of the big tower w ith equal clarity as to dates ; we only know that the flagstaff had not yet been set up in A p r il 1617. From the vertical joints in the door lea­ ding to the tower cellars one can see that the tower is a separate building and thus is later than the long-house. Even in the first phase of this second Rosenborg (1613— 1615) the king took in hand the interior decoration of the new apartments; and from that time the n o r th a p a r tm e n t on the ground floor („The W in ter Apartment", „The King's Lower Apartment") is preserved w ith the beautiful columned panelling, where seventy-five Dutch paintings are le t in. Christian the Fourth had already purchased some of these in 1607— 1608 through Dr. Jonas Carisius in Holland. The fireplace is dated „1615“ (1). This room was the king's „liv ing room“ , and alongside it, in the tower to the east, he had his cabinet, or „schriffue-kammer“ , and to the west, in prolongation of the room, his bed-chamber, from which there was access to the bathroom in the tower — a splendid bath (1616), entirely covered in pewter and fitted w ith bathing requisites of silver — and to a p rivy w ith running water. (1) The ceiling paintings did not belong to this apartment, but to that above, and were ordered by the king (1619) of Peter Isaacs; they were moved down here (1705) by Frederik the Fourth. The two bays of the room were built out in 1758.