Jungshoved Kirke

Jungshoved Kirke stands on the Jungshoved peninsula about 20 km north-east of Vordingborg. The chancel and nave were built in Late Romanesque style around 1225–1250 in chalk stone and monk brick; the nave was extended westward around 1300, with the sacristy, tower and porch added during the Gothic period and the Renaissance. Inside, the church holds an altarpiece from around 1590 with a plaster relief by Bertel Thorvaldsen depicting Christ at Emmaus, a High Renaissance pulpit of 1605–10 from the Schrøder workshop in Næstved, and remnants of Gothic frescoes including a rare Dance of Death frieze. Immediately south lies the earthworks of Jungshoved Castle, a medieval fortress that controlled shipping on Bøgestrømmen and was associated with the Gønge leader during the Swedish Wars.