CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons_A

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

CHURCHES.

Fruekirke, or C hurch o f our L ady, situate on an unfinished and neglected plot o f g rou nd in N ø rregad e, is the prin cip al ch u rch , or C athedral, o f the City. A fter being m ore th an once destroyed by fire, the last tim e a t th e bom b ardm en t o f I 8 0 7 , w h e n , on account o f th e h eig h t o f the spire, it w as a principal m ark for the E ng lish sh ells, it w as a g ain re -b u i r. and finished in 1829. It is a h eav y stru c tu re , in a ra th e r peculiar sty le , w ith a D oric portico far too sm all in pro p o rtio n to the b u ild in g : n o r does the in terior possess an y arch itectu ral beauty. B ut it is adorn ed b y the m aster-w o rk s o f T horvaldsen, an d here lies its c h ief, if n o t o n ly , attraction. In the pedim ent is a gro u p in terra cotta o f 16 figures, representin g Jo h n the B ap tist preach in g in the w ild e rn e ss; and over the entrance to the church w ithin the portico a basrelief o f C h rist’s entrance into Jeru salem . E n terin g the chu rch the eye is imm ediately struck w ith the noble and colossal