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the loft of the T rin itatis C hurch in the 1650s (see cat.
no. 7).
14 THE CA STLE 16 72
The view is taken from som ewhere near the Holmens
bridge. W ith the exception o f tw o paintings in the Rosen
borg Museum, of w h ich one in the form o f an engravin g
is included in this catalogue (no. 12 ), this sm all draw ing
is the oldest reproduction w e have o f the Castle. To the
far left we see the C abin et o f Curiosities w ith its m any
attic windows, then Løn gangen (a ga llery), D rabantsals
fløjen (the guards' room s) w ith "K on gen s R unddel" (a
round tower), the huge R o yal w in g, B låtårn (the blue
tower), and beneath it the half-tim bered gatehouse. To the
far right the gable o f the w in g housin g the banqueting
hall can just be made out. T he draw in g provides an
extremely im portant source for the appearance o f the
Castle and especially the R o yal w in g at this time, but
it must be noted that the num ber o f w in dow s, for instance,
differs from that o f the tw o m entioned paintings.
Reproduced p. 25.
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PERSPECTIVE M A P OF CO PENH AG EN 16 74
The map was draw n and engraved b y the U n iversity
engraver, Johan H uusm an, after the instructions o f Peder
Resen. Not on ly is it a bird's-eye v iew , it also points to the
future in that a great deal o f the structures in the picture
must have been draw n after alread y existin g plans. Part
of these were never realized, for example the vast areas
northeast of C hristianshavn, the C astle at the Citadel, and
the canal parallel to N yh avn . N or w as Gamm elholm oc
cupied with residential houses as indicated in the engrav-
mg. But on the site beyond G othersgade and N yh avn
private houses were soon built. The eastern part of the
fortification is copied after a plan w h ich w as actu ally car
ried out. A s far as the other part o f the fortification is
concerned, the map is correct, and the rendering o f the old
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part of town is extremely reliable. In the top left-hand
corner w e have the city arms as it looked since 166 1. In
the bottom right-hand corner the arms of Christianshavn;
from 1639—74 this part of town had its own municipal
charter. In the top right-hand corner was origin ally G rif-
fenfeldt's coat o f arms, but at his fall in 1676 it was
erased from the plate.
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CO PENHAGEN FROM THE SOUTHW EST
BEFORE 16 77
A fter the w ar against the Swedes (1657-60 ) the city ex
panded towards the southwest, and the foundation of a
n ew district was laid between the present Frederiksholms
C anal and Vester Voldgade. This resulted in the removal
of Vesterport (the western gate) from Vestergade to the
end o f w hat is n ow Frederiksberggade. 1668 the gate (5)
w as finished. This neat view gives quite a good impression
of the city as it was met b y most of the travellers ap
proaching it on the Roskilde highw ay. The execution and
situation o f the m any spires are, in spite of the smallness
of the engraving, correct.
17 THE FIRST THREE TOW N HALLS OF
CO PENHAGEN 16 77
The first town hall of Copenhagen was built somewhere
near Gamm eltorv at about 1360. This reproduction of the
town hall is not correct, since in all probability it was
destroyed by the Hanseatics already back in 1368. Perhaps
the structure in the engraving is supposed to be the house
w hich stood there in the 1670s. The second town hall of
Copenhagen was between 13 77 and 1400 housed in a row
o f buildings at the corner of Studiestræde and Nørregade
where n ow Bispegården stands. This picture probably also
show s us how the different houses looked in 1677, years
after they had stopped serving their original purpose.
A bout 1475 the town hall was moved to a site south of
G amm eltorv, where a new, large building was erected.
However, the engraving shows the town hall as it looked
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