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jects from the Greek mythology by Constantin ltansen. The painting on the ceiling repre­ sents A urora throw ing her roses. On each side of the stairs are marble statues by II. V. Bissen, representing Athena and Apollo. The very beautiful festival hall contains great wall-pain­ tings representing: The inau­ guration of the university in True Kirke (church of our Lady) (by M arstrnnd), Ilans Tausen defending the bishop Ronnow (Bloch), the p a rti­ cipation of the students in the defense of Copenhagen, when the city in 1659 was besieged by the Swedish K ing Karl Gustav (Rosenstaiul), the famous Danish author Hoiberg present at a rehear­ sal of his »Erasmus Monta-

nus« (Rosenstaiul) and the reception of the Swedes and Norwegians at the meeting of the n aturalists in 1847 (Henningsen). In front of the main-buil­ ding are busts of the bota­ nist I. II. Schou, the theologian 11. N. Clausen, the phi­ lologist I. A. Madvig and the n a tu ra list Japetus Steen - strup. Connected with the univer­ sity is the building on the corner of Norregade with of­ fices for the rector of the university, the consistory etc. and on corner of Fiolstraede the University Library (see chapter 7). In the University square towards K rystalgade is situated the Zoological Miiseum. Among other academies in

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