BAKKEN´s Pjerrot
(Photo & Movie Gallery)
Pjerrot is a highly popular and beloved character and entertainer. For more than 200 years he has entertained generation after generation at the old Bakken Amusement Park in Klampenborg on Zealand Island. The Pjerrot figure is about 4000 years old and originates from Turkey in the Middle East. The figure gradually reached Europe, where it much later became one of the characters of the Italian Commedia dell' Arte.
