København_1925

all this traffic and bustle towards Slotsholmen, where he built »Kopmannehafn’s« defcnces and created the conditions for the whole later de- velopment of the town. For several centuries the town was kept within very narrow limits. Apart from the laying out of the district Christianshavn, which look place early in the 17th century the first really im- portant extension took place in the middle of the

Derfor har København endnu sine smalle, krogede Gader i den indre By. Her og der er der ganske vist ryddet lidt op, men ikke meget og ikke synder­ ligt iøjnefaldende hvad angaar Nyplanering. Og det er i hvert Fald ikke paa »Strøget«, ikke paa den Rute, vi følger nu imod Raadhuspladsen. Alli­ gevel træffer man heller ikke her helt gamle Byg­ ninger. Store Ildebrande, der har haft let ved at brede sig i den sammenpakkede By, har raseret

Arrestbygningen bag Domhuset. — Detentionhouse behind Court building. — Maison de detention derriére le palais de justice. — Das Gefangnis hinter dem GerichtsgeMude.

næsten alt — og nyere Bygninger er Tid efter an ­ den rejst paa de gamles Grundplan. F ra Senre­ næssancen er Holmens Kirke ved Kanalen lige overfor Børsen og Nikolaj Kirkes Taarn lige ved Højbroplads bleven levnet. Og det ejendommelige Rundetaarn, i den nærliggende Købmagergade, der lige til 1860 har tjent efter sin Bestemmelse til astronomiske Observationer, stammer ogsaa fra denne Periode. Forbi den flere Gange ombyggede Klosterkirke, Hellig Aands Kirke, paa Amagertorv, kommer vi nu gennem Vimmelskaftet, en Gade, der snor sig mellem Husrækkerne paa samme lunefulde Maade som i Fortiden, ud paa den aabne Plads ved Gam­ meltorv og Nytorv. Gammeltorv er moderniseret

19th century, when the latest ramparts and fortifi- cation constructions from the time of the renais- sance were demolished. Therefore Copenhagen still has its small crooked streets in the inner town. It is true that here and there modernization has taken place but to no great extent and it is not perceptible as marking any actual alteration of the physiognomy of the town. At all events no es- sential change has aken place in the »Strøget«, on the route we are now following to Raadhuspladsen. However, notwithstanding this, no really old build­ ings are met with. Great conflagrations which liad free play in the densely built town, have destroyed practically all old buildings, and newer buildings have gradually arisen on the foundations of the 34