Viderup Castle, Renaissance castle in Eslöv Municipality, Sweden.
Viderup Castle is a Renaissance residence in Eslöv Municipality with a two-story main building flanked by single-story wings. These structures frame a courtyard facing north and follow the balanced proportions characteristic of Renaissance design.
Anne Brahe, widow of Danish Marshal Steen Maltesen Sehested, commissioned this residence between 1617 and 1623. The construction period coincided with intense cultural exchange between kingdoms, which influenced the building's architectural style.
The estate belonged to the Parsberg family in the 16th century and to Steen Sehested from 1604; after him his widow Anne Brahe held it, and from 1635 it passed to a branch of the baronial Ramel family. The older spelling Hviderup survives in Norwegian and Danish usage alongside the Swedish Viderup.
The manor is privately owned and not open to visitors. It stands on a moated islet, so the three-winged layout and the surrounding moat are best seen from the grounds outside the water. The building was damaged by fire in 1925, after which the main wing was reduced to two storeys.
The manor sits on a moated islet, a three-winged layout that predates the present facades. Carl Hårleman, the architect behind Stockholm Palace's wings, rebuilt it in 1752, and a 1925 fire cut the main wing from three storeys back to two.
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