Editing Odense (section)

== Landmarks ==
[[File:Sankt Albani kirke Odense.jpg|thumb|[[St. Alban's Church, Odense|St Alban's Church]], Odense]]

[[Nonnebakken]], a hill in the Odense area, is the site of one of Denmark's six former [[Viking ring castles]], built during the reign of [[Sweyn I of Denmark|Sweyn Forkbeard]], who had forced his father [[Harold I of Denmark|Harold Bluetooth]] to leave the country and seek refuge by the [[Jomsvikings]] in [[Wollin]] (modern Poland) in around 975. The fort provided its occupier the command of the Odense River passing next to the hill. The archaeological remains of the fort were heavily damaged when a building for the [[Odd Fellow]] [[Masonic Lodge|lodge]] was constructed on the site during the late nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vikingeborge.dk/nonnebak.htm|title=Nonnebakken|publisher=Vikinge Borge|access-date=12 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://historiskatlas.dk/Nonnebakken_%28897%29|title=Nonnebakken|publisher=Historisk Atlas|access-date=12 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref>

===Churches===
Odense is the [[Episcopal see|see]] of the [[bishop]] of [[Bishopric of Funen|Funen]]. [[Saint Canute's Cathedral]] ({{langx|da|Sankt Knuds Kirke}}) was formerly connected with the great [[Benedictine]] monastery of the same name, and is one of the largest and finest buildings of its kind in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danishnet.com/info.php/travel/canute-cathedral-odense-352.html|title=Saint Canute's Cathedral (Sankt Knuds Kirke)|publisher=Danishnet.com|access-date=12 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odense-domkirke.dk/odense-cathedral-history|title=Odense Cathedral History|publisher=Odense Domsogn|access-date=12 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103023839/http://www.odense-domkirke.dk/odense-cathedral-history|archive-date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Originally dating from 1081 to 1093, the church was rebuilt in the 13th century in brick in a pure [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style. Under the altar lies [[Canute the Saint of Denmark|Canute]]  (Danish: ''Knud''), the patron saint of Denmark<ref name="EB1911"/> and his brother on public display. A large fragment of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] cloth is displayed next to the two skeletons. The cathedral also boasts one of Denmark's most remarkable altarpieces, a magnificent [[triptych]] by [[Claus Berg]]. Kings [[John, King of Denmark|Jens]] and [[Christian II of Denmark|Christian II]] are buried in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Sanktknud_kirke/Sanktknud_kirke.htm|title=Sankt Knuds kirke|publisher=Nordens kirker|access-date=29 June 2014|language=da|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606091228/http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Sanktknud_kirke/Sanktknud_kirke.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[St. Alban's Church, Odense|St Alban's Church]], built in the [[Neogothic]] style and consecrated in 1908, is the Roman Catholic church of Odense. Its steeple is {{convert|54|m|abbr=on}} high.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sct-albani.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=6|title=History of the Church|publisher=Sct. Albani Kirke|access-date=29 June 2014 }}</ref> St Mary's Church (''Vor Frue Kirke'' or Our Lady's Church), built in the 13th century and restored in 1851–1852 and again in 1864, contains a carved 16th-century altarpiece by Claus Berg of [[Lübeck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Odenfrue_kirke/Odensfrue_kirke.htm|title=Odense Vor Frue kirke|publisher=Nordens kirker|access-date=29 June 2014|language=da|archive-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131100346/http://nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Odenfrue_kirke/Odensfrue_kirke.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Saint Hans Church|St John's Church]] (''Sankt Hans Kirke''), first mentioned in 1295, was built by the [[Knights Hospitaller]], also known as the Order of Saint John. Not much of the original building remains as it was rebuilt in 1636 and subsequently restored. Built of red brick with horizontal decorations on the chancel wall, it has large Gothic windows. The date of 1496 on one of the bells in the step-ribbed tower may well be the year the church was completed. The tower is adjacent to Odense Palace which was originally built as a monastery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scthans-kirke.dk/site/Information/Kirkebygningen/|title=Sct. Hans Kirke|publisher=Sct. Hans Kirke|access-date=29 June 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715040700/http://www.scthans-kirke.dk/site/Information/Kirkebygningen/|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Ansgars Church]] was the first church to be built in Odense since the Middle Ages. Completed in 1902, it was designed by [[Niels Jacobsen]] in the late [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style in red brick on granite foundations. The cross-shaped interior is complemented by a spired bell-tower, {{convert|45|m|abbr=on}} high.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Odense_1589-1600.pdf|title=Angars Kirke|publisher=Danmarks Kirker, National Museet|access-date=30 June 2014|language=da|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150330/http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Odense_1589-1600.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Peace Church, Odense|Peace Church]] (''Fredenskirke'') consecrated in 1920 was so named in gratitude for the end of the [[First World War]]. The church was the work of [[Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint]] who went on to design Copenhagen's [[Grundtvig's Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fredens-kirke.dk/om-fredens-kirke|title=Om Fredens Kirke|publisher=Fredens Kirke|access-date=30 June 2014|language=da|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230802/http://www.fredens-kirke.dk/om-fredens-kirke|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===City Hall===
[[File:Odense Rådhus 01.jpg|thumb|left|City Hall]]
Odense's [[Odense City Hall|City Hall]] (''Odense Rådhus''), with its medieval Italian look, was designed by [[Johan Daniel Herholdt]] and [[Carl Lendorf]] in the [[Historicism (art)|Historicist]] style. Completed in 1883, it combines red masonry with sandstone decorations, [[Crow-stepped gable|stepped gables]] and a saw-tooth course.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-life/danish-architecture-guide/odense/odense-city-hall/|title=Odense City Hall|publisher=DAC|access-date=3 July 2014}}</ref> It stands on the site of a smaller building from 1480.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitdenmark.co.uk/en-gb/denmark/odense-town-hall-gdk665035|title=Odense Town Hall|publisher=Visit Denmark}}</ref> In 1937 [[Bent Helveg-Møller]] won the competition for the building's enlargement. The tower over the main entrance was torn down in 1942 but was not rebuilt. As work was delayed during the war, the extension was not completed until 1955. In conjunction with Hans Christian Andersen's 200th anniversary in 2005, comprehensive renovation work was completed on the building's interiors, including the entrance halls, meeting rooms, banqueting hall and council chamber.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odenseleksikon.dk/bygningsvaerker/om%20odense%20raadhus|title=Odense Rådhus|publisher=Historiens Hus, Odense|access-date=3 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref>

===Palaces and theatres===
[[File:Denmark-odense palace.jpg|thumb|[[Odense Palace]]]]
[[File:Odense Teater (2006).jpg|thumb|[[Odense Theater]]]]

[[Odense Palace]]  was erected by Frederick IV, who died there in 1730. Now an administrative building, it stands on the site of ''Sankt Hans Kloster'', a 15th-century monastery which was transferred to the Crown in 1536.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Odense_Slot|title=Odense Slot|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=10 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> The main white Baroque wing with 13 bays was designed by [[J.C. Krieger]] for Frederick IV and completed in 1723.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-life/danish-architecture-guide/odense/odense-palace/|title=Odense Palace}}</ref> Set in a park, the [[King's Garden (Odense)|King's Garden]] was constructed to a French design by [[Johan Cornelius Krieger]].<ref name=visitodense.com>{{cite web|title=Odense Castle|url=http://www.visitodense.com/ln-int/danmark/odense-castle-gdk665051|publisher=Visit Odense}}</ref>

[[Odense Teater]], first established in 1796, is Denmark's second oldest theatrical enterprise and one of the country's three main theatres. The original building was on Sortebrødre Torv was used until 1914 when a new building designed by Jacobsen was opened on Jernbanegade. It has three stages: ''Store Scene'',  ''Værkstedet'', and ''Foyerscenen''. The theatre also has stages in the former sugar factory ''Sukkerkogeriet'', where it runs the first drama school outside Copenhagen established in 1941.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Teater/Danske_teatre/Odense_Teater?highlight=odense%20teater|title=Odense Teater|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|date=17 April 2012 |access-date=10 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> It is notable in theatrical history for staging the première of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s first contemporary realist drama ''[[The Pillars of Society]]'' on 14 November 1877.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts about Pillars of Society|url=http://ibsen.nb.no/id/473.0|work=Ibsen.net|date=10 August 2001|first=Jens-Morten|last=Hanssen|access-date=10 July 2014}}</ref> [[Teater Momentum]] or Teater uden Ryglæn, publicly funded by the municipal government and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, is also of note. Established in 2005, it signs on a new director each year who is charged with creating the "volume" of the year with a set of plays and performers. It also puts on other cultural entertainment including concerts, debates, lectures and poetry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teatermomentum.dk/ofte-stillede-sporgsmal/|title=Ofte stillede spørgsmål|publisher=Teater uden Ryglæn|access-date=10 July 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170015/http://www.teatermomentum.dk/ofte-stillede-sporgsmal/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Odense Symphony Orchestra]] (Odense Symfoniorkester), one of Denmark's five regional orchestras, was formally established in 1946. The orchestra is based in Odense Concert Hall, which was inaugurated in 1982. Most of the orchestra's concerts are given in the Carl Nielsen Hall, a seating capacity of 1,212 and a large 46-stops organ built by [[Marcussen & Son]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://odensesymfoni.dk/Webnodes/da/Web/Odense+Symfoniorkester/ENGLISH|title=Welcome to Odense Symphony Orchestra|publisher=Odensesymfoni.dk|access-date=12 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219110116/http://odensesymfoni.dk/Webnodes/da/Web/Odense%2BSymfoniorkester/ENGLISH|archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> First established in 1948, [[Funen Opera]] (''Den Fynske Opera'') was reopened in 1996 after a period of closure. It specializes in presenting contemporary operas in Danish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denfynskeopera.dk/om-os/historie.aspx|title=Historie|publisher=Den Fynske Opera|access-date=29 January 2015|language=da|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826064830/http://denfynskeopera.dk/om-os/historie.aspx|archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

===Hans Christian Andersen connections===
[[File:Hc-andersens-hus.jpg|thumb|left|Hans Christian Andersen's home]]
Remembered above all for his [[fairy tale]]s, Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense in 1805. It is thought his birthplace is the small yellow house on the corner of Hans Jensens Stræde and Bangs Boder in the old town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/liv/minibio/foedested_e.html|title=Birthplace|publisher=Hans Christian Andersen Center|access-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212752/http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/liv/minibio/foedested_e.html|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> In 1908 the house was opened as the [[Hans Christian Andersen Museum]]. It documents his life from his childhood years as the son of a struggling shoemaker, to his schooling, career as an author, and later life, with artefacts providing an insight into his acquaintances and adventures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersen-museum/exhibitions|title=Hans Christian Andersen Museum|publisher=Odense City Museums|access-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104322/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersen-museum/exhibitions|archive-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> Andersen's childhood home<ref name=childhood-home /> is on Munkemøllestræde not far from the cathedral. He lived in the little half-timbered house from the age of two until he was 14. Opened as a museum in 1930, the house contains an exhibition of the cobbling tools used by his father and other items based on Andersen's own descriptions.<ref name=childhood-home >{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersens-childhood-home/hca-childhoodhome|title=Hans Christian Andersen's Childhood Home|publisher=Odense City Museums|access-date=2 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104326/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersens-childhood-home/hca-childhoodhome|archive-date=18 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout the city there are numerous statues and sculptures representing characters from the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. They include the Steadfast Tin Soldier, the Mermaid, the Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, the Toad, the Darning Needle, the Emperor's New Clothes, the Sea Horse, the Paper Boat, the Flying Trunk and the Wild Swans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitfyn.com/ln-int/funen/attractions/hans-christian-andersens-statues-odense|title=Hans Christian Andersen's statues in Odense|publisher=Visit Fyn|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> A statue of Andersen stands in ''Eventyrparken'' (The Fairy Tale Park), beside the cathedral. Sculpted by [[Louis Hasselriis]] in 1888, it shows the storyteller with a book in his hand, ready to entertain onlookers with his fairy tales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historiskatlas.dk/H._C._Andersen_%288153%29|title=H.C. Andersen|publisher=Historisk Atlas|access-date=2 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref>

===Museums===
[[File:denmark-odense-fynske landsby-scenery.jpg|thumb|right|Scene from [[The Funen Village]]]]
The museums in Odense are mainly governed by the [[Odense City Museums]], a department of the municipal government. [[Funen's Art Museum]] (Fyns Kunstmuseum), formerly The Museum of Funen Diocese, is one of Denmark's oldest art museums, dating to 1885. It contains the principal works by [[Jens Juel (painter)|Jens Juel]], [[Dankvart Dreyer]], [[P.S. Krøyer]] and [[H. A. Brendekilde]]. The open-air [[The Funen Village]] museum (''Den Fynske Landsby'')  tries to emulate what country life was like in Denmark at the time of Andersen's life and contains houses of historical Odense.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/funen-village|title=A village from Hans Christian Andersen's time|publisher=Museum.odense.dk|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104324/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/funen-village|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Carl Nielsen Museum]] is dedicated to the life of [[Carl Nielsen]] and his wife, the sculptor [[Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen]]. It documents his life from his childhood in the town of Nr. Lyndelse, to his career and success on the European music scene, with his violins, his bugle and his grand piano on display, as well as a number of his musical scores, including six symphonies, three concertos, two operas, and chamber music and numerous songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/carl-nielsen-museum/the-carl-nielsen-museum |title=The Carl Nielsen Museum |publisher=Museum.odense.dk |access-date=30 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205734/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/carl-nielsen-museum/the-carl-nielsen-museum |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref>

[[File:Odense-Moentergaarden.jpg|thumbnail|left|Møntergården]]
The [[Møntergården]] cultural history museum of Odense is one of the most notable remaining [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] buildings of the city, built in 1646 by the nobleman [[Falk Gøye]]. It has many artefacts related to the early Viking history in Odense,{{sfn|Harding|2009|p=73}} and is named after the narrow street Møntestræde adjacent to the building, where a coin workshop once operated in around 1420.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/moentergaarden/buildings|title=Møntergården|publisher=Museum.odense.dk|access-date=28 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190439/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/moentergaarden/buildings|url-status=dead}}</ref> Located in a courtyard of half-timbered houses, the museum also has exhibits on Funen's ancient history, as well as Odense in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.{{sfn|Bain|Booth|Parnell|2008|p=202}}

The [[Danish Railway Museum]] is the national [[railway museum]] of Denmark, the largest such museum in Scandinavia. It was established in 1975 in a former engine shed adjacent to the city's main railway station and has an area of over {{convert|10000|m}}, with some 50 locomotives and railway carriages on 20 rail tracks from all periods of Danish rail history. The oldest steam engine dates back to 1869.{{sfn|Baedeker|Press|1990|p=70}}

The [[Brandts Museum of Photographic Art]] (Museet for Fotokunst) in Odense is the only national Danish art museum dedicated specifically to [[fine art photography|photographic art]]. It was founded on 13 September 1985 as part of the [[Brandts|Brandts International Centre for Art and Culture]] and opened its own exhibition space in 1987.{{sfn|Booth|2003|p=254}} The Media Museum of Odense documents the history of the freedom of speech in Denmark since 1849, and the development of the printing press and the history of Danish broadsheet ''[[Berlingske]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/media-museum/exhibitions/the-media-of-the-powerful|title=Media Museum|publisher=Museum.odense.dk|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233607/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/media-museum/exhibitions/the-media-of-the-powerful|url-status=dead}}</ref>