Viderup Castle

{{Short description|Manor house in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, Sweden}}

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Viderup Castle ({{langx|sv|Viderups slott}}) is a manor house in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, Sweden. The main building has two floors together with two one-storey wings, surrounds a courtyard that is open to the north.

{{cite web|url= http://www.eslov.se/gamlawebben/turism/sevart/slott/viderupsslott.html |title=Viderups slott

|website= Eslövs kommun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113022052/http://www.eslov.se/gamlawebben/turism/sevart/slott/viderupsslott.html

|access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-date=2013-11-13

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History

Viderup manor (former spelling Hviderup) was built in Renaissance style during the early 17th century by Anne Brahe (1576-1635), widow of Steen Maltesen Sehested (1553-1611), Danish Marshal of the Realm (rigsmarsk) and commander of Froste Herred in Scania. {{cite web

|url= https://runeberg.org/dbl/15/0525.html|title= Hviderup|website= Slottsguiden|access-date=August 1, 2020}}

{{cite web|url= https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Steen_Maltesen_Sehested|title= Steen Maltesen Sehested|website =Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=August 1, 2020}}

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