Copenhagen

Denmark 2014
P001 Church of our Saviour (Vor Frelsers Kirke), large baroque church built in the 1680s and consecrated in 1696; a national treasure and a living parish church for...
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P002 Christianshavn, on the isle of Amager across the Knippels Bro (bridge) to the east of the city center, a neighborhood named after King Christian IV who...
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P003 ... the famous carillon, the first in Scandinavia, a 33-bell carillon installed 1928-1933 in the lantern of the spire, restored in 1981 and enlarged to 48...
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P004 ... the serpentine spire, consecrated in 1752 by King Frederik V, with a height of 90 meters from ground to the banner; 400 steps stairway, the last 150 steps...
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P004a ... the spire, crowned by the gilded flag-bearing Christ Triumphant figure standing on a golden globe watching over the city, Vor Frelsers Kirke (Church of our...
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P006 ... beautiful summer sundown colors on the spire, viewed from hotel room where we stayed... photo taken 9:24pm June 21, first night in Copenhagen of our 14-days...
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P007 Copenhagen (København), city made capital of Denmark in 1445, region located on the islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Amager, at the southern end of the Sound...
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P008 Christiansborg Palace... with two Rococo pavilions from 1739 on each side of the Marble Bridge, the equestrian statue of King Christian IX in the center of the...
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P008a Christiansborg Palace, built on the site of the old castle founded by Bishop Absalon in 1167; the most recent of a succession of five buildings that occupied...
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P009 ... building of the third and present day neo-baroque style Christiansborg Palace started in1907, inaugurated 21 years later in 1928, palace complex surrounded...
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P010 ... the Royal Reception Rooms, majestic halls and rooms are used by HM The Queen for the New Year levee, evening gala banquets and ambassadorial audiences...
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P013 ... Reception Rooms located on the first floor of the palace’s north wing running along the courtyard Prince Jørgens Gård...
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P014 ... Kongetrappen (King's Stairway) leading to the Reception Rooms... Audiensgemakket (Audience Chamber) and Statsrådssalen (Council Room) located on the ground...
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P015 ... Alexandersalen (Alexander Hall), richly decorated with works of art salvaged from the previous two castles...
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P016 ... room named after sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's famous marble frieze “The Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon”...
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P019 ... originally made for the second Christiansborg Palace; parts of the marble frieze survived the 1884 fire and was later restored and mounted in this room...
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P020 ... Alexander Room is used for smaller receptions and official dinners; the Danish Prime Minister also uses the Royal Reception Rooms particularly in connection...
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P021 ... Queen's Library, richly decorated stucco ceiling corners included reliefs of Ludvig Holberg, Adam Oehlenschläger, NFS Grundtvig and...
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P021a ... Hans Christian Anderson, a unique master of the literary fairy tale stories so famous throughout the world, born April 2, 1805 in Odense and died August 4,...
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P026 ... Queen's Library, large ceiling painting with flying storks by painter Johannes Larsen...
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