CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons_A

PALACES.

Christiansbory Pa lace, th e residence o f his p re sen t M ajesty w hen in to w n , lies on the Slots- holm , (castle isle), on the sam e spot w h ere stood th e castle, as before related, built by A xel IIvide (Bishop Absolon) in« 1 1 6 8 , called from him Axefhuus , to keep the p irates in aw e. T his C a stle , w hich su b sequently obtained the nam e o f Kiabenhavn S lo t, h a v in g been a t a considerable expense em bellished by C hristian III. and F red erik IV ., w as, on the accession o f C hristian V I ., razed to th e g ro u n d , in o rd er th a t a R oyal residence m ight, on a m ore m agnificent scale, be erected on its site. T his p a la c e , on the n ig h t o f the 27 th . of F eb. 1794, fell a p re y to the flames. T h e p re sen t building w as comm enced in the reign o f C hristian V II., an d finished durin g th a t o f F red erik V I. On the w estern side o f the palace th e larg e exterior co u rt form s a rid in g -g ro u n d , enclosed on b oth sides by reg u lar buildings w ith p ia z z a s, in w hich a re contained the C ourt th eatre,