Vallø stift

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Vallø stift or Det Adelige Stift Vallø for ugifte døtre was a Danish foundation for the support of unmarried female nobles. It was located at Vallø Castle just south of Køge on the east coast of the island of Zealand. ()

Local name: Vallø Stift Coordinates: 55°23'55"N, 12°12'47"E

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Vallø stift – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vallø Castle, KØS, Turebyholm, Køge Marina.

~1430 ftN
Forts and castles
Vallø Castle, Køge
7 min walk • Vallø Castle is a manor house located 7 km south of Køge, in Stevns Municipality, on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It now serves as a residence for Vallø stift, a home for unmarried, widowed and divorced women of noble descent.
4.3 miN
Art museum, Museum
KØS, Køge
110 min walk • KØS Museum of art in public spaces is situated in Nørregade in Køge, Denmark. It is the only museum in Denmark focusing of art in the public realm. It boasts a collection of models and sketches for public artworks and plays host to special exhibitions about the subject.
5.9 miSW
Manor house
Turebyholm, Haslev
151 min walk • Turebyholm is a manor house in Faxe Municipality, some fifty kilometres southwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was acquired by Adam Gottlob Moltke in 1746 and has remained in the hands of the Moltke family to the present day.
4.9 miN
55°28'10"N • 12°11'52"E
Køge Marina, Køge
126 min walk • Sailing, Marina
4.2 miN
History museum, Museum
Køge Museum, Køge
107 min walk • Køge Museum is a local history museum in Køge, Denmark.
4.5 miS
Manor house
Tryggevælde
114 min walk • Tryggevælde is a manor house and estate in Faxe Municipality, some fifty kilometres southwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate was a royal fief until the middle of the 18th century and was later owned by the Moltke family at Bregentved from 1751 to 1937.
4.2 miN
City hall
Køge Town Hall, Køge
107 min walk • Køge Town Hall is located in the central town square of Køge, Denmark. The building dates from the 16th century but was adapted in the Neoclassical style in 1903.
6.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Borrering
155 min walk • Official name is Borgring Borrering also known as Vallø Borgring or Vallo ring-fortress is a Danish Viking fortification located on Zealand, east of Gammel Lellingegaard in the parish of Højelse and north-east of Lellinge. The ring sits on land under the Chapter of Vallø.
4.6 miNW
Manor house
Gammel Køgegård, Køge
118 min walk • Gammel Køgegård is a manor house located just west of Køge, Denmark.
3.6 miN
55°26'56"N • 12°11'26"E
Kjøge Mini-Town, Køge
92 min walk • Park
6.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Viking ring fortress
155 min walk • A Viking ring fortress, or Trelleborg-type fortress, is a type of circular fort of a special design, built in Scandinavia in the Viking Age. They are also known simply as trelleborgs. All trelleborgs have a strictly circular shape, with roads and gates pointing in the four cardinal directions.