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On Novemat the end of an extended trip to Spain, Andersen boarded a steam ship from Gibraltar to North Africa. There is a statue of Andersen in the Plaza de la Marina in Málaga, put up to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. He left on 29 October 1862 for Cartagena. He travelled to Granada to see the Alhambra and returned to Málaga on 22 October 1862. He stayed at the Hotel del Oriente del Fonda. ![]() Hans Christian Andersen arrived in Málaga, Spain on 30 September 1862 on a steamship from Gibraltar. Whoever has been in Rome is well acquainted with the Piazza Barberina, in the great square, with the beautiful fountain, where the Tritons empty the spouting conchshell, from which the water springs upwards many feet. He traveled via Lübeck, Hamburg, Celle, Hanover, Kassel and on to Frankfurt and Mainz. He got a travel stipend on Maand set off on March 22 the same year. The background for the novel was a trip to Italy that Hans Christian Andersen made in 18. The book made the Blue Grotto at Capri famous. ![]() Rome, Naples, Herculaneum, Sorrento, Paestum and Capri, as well as a minor part about Venice and Milan. Travel to Italy and The Improvisatore Triton Fountain on Piazza Barberini, Rome, mentioned in the first sentence of The ImprovisatoreĪndersen's novel The Improvisatore (1835) is in part a travelogue about Italy and contains travel guide descriptions of Only occasionally did Andersen set his tales in locations that he himself had visited, such as Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. In contrast, these observations are rarely reflected in his fairy tales. He undertook long trips to various European countries and his travel logs detail impressions collected over the course of his many journeys. Travel provided Andersen (1805-1875) with a means to escape from loneliness. Site where Andersen wrote The Ugly Duckling.Īndersen's travels Reasons for travel ![]() Other parts of Zealand The Blue Grotto at Capri Andersen / lived here / when his first / fairy tale booklet was published / May 1835". The red building as number 20 has a commemorative plaque visible from the street. Hans Christian Andersen lived for the most part of his life in Nyhavn, Copenhagen in three different locations: Number 20 (then number 280) from 1834 to 1838, number 67 from 1848 to 1865 and number 18 which he moved in in 1872. Andersens barndomshjem, Munkemøllestræde 3. The impressive collection is mainly documents from his life and times, period furniture, and many drawings and paper clippings he is famous for at home. Part of the museum is located in the house where Andersen was supposedly born (though he would never confirm it). ![]() A museum dedicated to the city's most famous son, author and poet Hans Christian Andersen, most famous for his fairy tales and in particular The Ugly Duckling and the Little Mermaid. Andersens Hus (house of Hans Christian Andersen) at Hans Jensens Stræde 45 is his claimed place of birth. The primary locations are museums about Andersen in Odense, the third-largest city of Denmark. Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), the Danish writer, most famous for his fairy tales, also wrote a number of books about his travels, and is associated with a number of places that present-day tourists can visit.
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