Roeskilde

Roeskilde, a city on the Danish island of Zealand, is situated at the southern end of the Roeskilder Fjord, 20 miles by rail W. by S. of Copenhagen. In the middle ages this city, founded in 980, was the capital of the Danish kings and the seat of powerful bishops. The cathedral, built in the middle of the 13th century, contains the tombs of most of the kings of Denmark. Here peace was signed between Sweden and Denmark on 8th March 1658.