Jens Bangs Stenhus (Jens Bang's Stone House)
This is the finest example of Renaissance domestic architecture in the north of Europe. This glittering six-floor mansion, built in 1624, once belonged to a wealthy merchant, Jens Bang. Bang was gifted but also argumentative and obstinate. He deliberately made his house rich with ornamentation and ostentation as a challenge to the other good citizens of the town. It was rumored that he avenged himself on his many enemies by caricaturing them in the grotesque carvings on the facade of the house. In spite of his wealth, he was never made a member of the town council, and to this day his image is depicted on the south facade sticking his tongue out at the Town Hall. The historic wine cellar, Duus Vinkjælder, is the meeting place of the Guild of Christian IV. On the ground floor is an old apothecary shop. The mansion itself is still privately owned and is not open to the public.
This is the finest example of Renaissance domestic architecture in the north of Europe. This glittering six-floor mansion, built in 1624, once belonged to a wealthy merchant, Jens Bang. Bang was gifted but also argumentative and obstinate. He deliberately made his house rich with ornamentation and ostentation as a challenge to the other good citizens of the town. It was rumored that he avenged himself on his many enemies by caricaturing them in the grotesque carvings on the facade of the house. In spite of his wealth, he was never made a member of the town council, and to this day his image is depicted on the south facade sticking his tongue out at the Town Hall. The historic wine cellar, Duus Vinkjælder, is the meeting place of the Guild of Christian IV. On the ground floor is an old apothecary shop. The mansion itself is still privately owned and is not open to the public.
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