View from Palace Guard's terrace

The The Royal Palace was built on top of the foundations of a previous medieval castle - Tre Kronor (Three Crowns), dating back to the mid 13th century - which was ravaged by fire in 1697.

The remnants of the old castle can be seen in the Tre Kronor Palace Museum.

The construction of the new palace lasted for 57 years, from 1697 to 1754 and was the largest single construction project in Europe during this time.

The royal apartments are magnificent, ranging in style from baroque to rococo to Gustavian neo-classisism and on to the eclectic styles of the 19th century. Nicodemus Tessin the younger and Carl Hårleman were the principal architects, but a large number of foreign artists, especially from France, were engaged to decorate the palace.

With 608 rooms, the Stockholm Royal Palace is the biggest palace in the world still used by a head of state - King Carl XVI Gustav.

The palace houses several of Stockholm's greatest sights - the Royal Apartments, the Hall of State, the Apartments of the Orders of Chivalry, the Treasury, the Tre Kronor Palace Museum, the Royal Armoury and the Museum of Antiquities of Gustav III.

The Changing of the Guards ceremony takes place Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12.15 and on Sundays and public holidays at 13.15. (Daily summertime).

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Map of all viewpoints for panoramas. View of Lake Mälaren from Monteliusvägen viewpoint The northern entrance to the Royal Palace Köpmangatan, 'the merchants' street' with antique shops Skeppsbrokajen - the eastern waterfront of the Old Town The southern entrance to the Royal Palace Between the Royal Palace and the Cathedral The guards parade ground of the Royal Palace Inside the Cathedral The Trångsund alley in front of the Cathedral Stortorget - The Great Market of the Old Town Västerlånggatan, the main shopping street of the Old Town Mynttorget, the square between the Parliament and the Old Town Riddarhustorget, thw square in front of the House of Nobility Birger Jarls Torg on the Riddarholmen island showing a.o. the Riddarholmen pant Old Town waterfront facing west, showing the City Hall, Södermalm (the south is Vasabron bridge facing the chancellary, the City Hall, the Supreme Court of Jus Riksbron bridge Gustav Adolfs torg Karl XII torg at the waterfront Kungsträdgården park Norrmalmstorg Square Nybroplan at the Raoul Wallenberg monument Blasieholmen waterfront facing east The Skeppsholmen bridge