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— on K ongcns Nytorv. clock, called »IIovedvagts- uret«, because the building is situated at the site, where the old main-guard-house had its place. The big building next to this w ith y>Elelc- tra« (by Stephan Sinding) above the frontispiece, belongs to Great Northern Telegraph Company and Privatbanken, who has a branch-office on the corner. Cooks Tourists Agen­ cy has its office at the other end of the building (see chap­ ter 5). The corner of Gothersgade and St. Kongehsgade is occu­ pied by the front of hotel Cosmopolite (see chapter 14). On the opposite side of the square is the building of the insurance-company »8kandi- naviaa, (Marmorhuset — the Marble-House) and next to

• Map 2 »PIesten« - The Horse j been replaced by ltaadhus- j pladsen (Town-Hall Square), i I t is the largest Square in i Copenhagen, covering three hectares, irregular of form and having no less than 13 streets em anating from it, among which are Ostergade, Gothersgade, St. Kongensga- de, Bredgade, Nyhavn, Tor- denskjoldsgade og Holmens Kanal. In the middle, beauti­ fully surrounded by big trees and fine flowerbeds stands the equestrian statue of K ing C hristian V (generally) called »IIesten« — The Horse, made by the French sculptor 1 'A- moureux in 1G88. Coming into the square from 0stergade the hotel d’Anyleterre is to the left (see chapter 14). Next to this is a corner building with a

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