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Entrance to K astellet (the citadel) from Esplanaden by the »Sjaellands- porten« (the gate of Sealand). Rou te 3 (see Map 5). Esplanaden—Kastellet—Langelinie -Lystbaadehavnen—Frihavnen.

still rem inding about th at time. All the okl buildings are from the same period and form a wTcll preserved rem­ nant of the old Copenhagen. The Citadel is still used for m ilitary purposes. A small p a rt of the garrison of Copenhagen has the bar­ racks here and the generalis­ simo and the m ain-guard have their headquarters in the Ci­ tadel. The first gate from this side is the Sjccllandsp07'tcn. Inside this to the right is the dwelling of the comman­ dant. In the middle of the Cita-

A t the end of Bredgade by Toldbodvej and where route 2 continues through Gron- ningen to 0sterbro, we tu rn back, go to the right through Esplanaden and pass the E s­ planade-Pavilion on the left hand. Behind this a road leads to an old bridge across the Citadel-moat and we are at the entrance to the Citadel, into which we will make a detour. Kastellet, of which the official name is vCitadcllet Frederiksli avn«, was origi­ nally built in 1661 in a for­ tress, the walls and moats

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