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after the rebuildings o f Christian IV and the layin g out of
N yto rv 16 0 6 -10 . In fron t of the tow n hall at G amm eltorv,
the w ell-preserved fountain, erected 1609, still stands w ith
a bronze figure of Caritas, the w o rk of Statius O tto.
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THE CA ST LE OF CO PENH AG EN 1679
In 1 1 6 7 A bsalon had a castle built on w h at is n ow Slots
holm en; remains of it can still be seen beneath the Chri
stiansborg. It w as pulled down in 1369 b y the Hanseatics.
D urin g the 1380s the castle w as rebuilt in another shape,
and b y the m iddle o f the 16th century it had more or less
achieved the appearance and dim ensions of the one in the
engraving. In the top left-hand corner the Castle is seen
from somewhere near Holmens Church, in the top right-
hand corner from the street w hich is n ow called V ed
Stranden. The h eavy tow er in the m iddle of the ensemble
o f buildings is Blåtårn (the blue tow er), w h ich achieved
this shape 1596. To the right Højbro, the drawbridge, to
the left the Chancellery and behind it the Stock Exchange.
The picture below in the m iddle is the one w h ich most
clearly illustrates the groundplan of the Castle. To the
right o f Blåtårn the R oyal w in g can be seen, then the
guards' w in g, the kitchen w in g, the church, the banquet
in g hall w in g, and to the left o f the tow er the Council
w ing.
19 SOPH IE AM A L IEN BO R G 168 1
16 6 7 -7 3 Frederik Ills w ife, Queen Sophie Am alie, had a
country seat built south o f the present Fredericiagade.
Surrounding the palace w as a huge park stretching down
to w h at w as later to be laid out as St. A n næ Square. The
architect of the palace is unknow n, and as it w as burnt
down in 1689, w e on ly have contradictory reproductions
o f it. This gouache is, together w ith other draw ings and
engravings after the same artist, based upon an unknow n
picture from 168 1. If w e compare Bruun's gouache w ith a
contem porary painting at Ledreborg, it seems as if he
changed the colour of the building from red to y ellow (a
colour, which, how ever, recurs in a p ainting depicting the
burning o f the Castle - G avno). He also left out the pilas
ters betw een the w indow s. The gardens, too, seem to have
undergone certain alterations.
20 ST. PETRI CHUR CH 1692
St. Petri is one o f the oldest churches o f Copenhagen. It is
mentioned the first time in 1304, but is probably even
older than that. The first church w as burnt down in 1386,
w hich means that the church in this engravin g must be
the rebuilt and repeatedly enlarged version of St. Petri.
O rigin ally it o n ly had one nave and a h eavy spireless
tow er (see cat. no. 1). The tw o transepts were added in the
1630 s; the southern one, w h ich is the one depicted here,
w as completed in 1634. The spire w as erected 1609-10 by
D irich Frij. The church served as a canon foundry from
15 3 7 till 158 5 w hen it w as given over to the German
congregation to w h ich it still belongs.
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CH A R LO TT EN BO RG SEEN FROM THE
G AR D EN 1693
In the years 16 7 2 -8 3 Christian V 's half-brother, U. F.
G yld enlove, built an im pressive m ansion facing Kongens
N y to rv (the K in g's n ew square), w h ich had just been laid
out. It w as a fo u r-w in g structure surrounded by a large
garden stretching alon g N y h a v n dow n towards the har
bour entrance. Ewert Janssen is supposed to have been the
architect. A n older d raw in g and a medal struck on the
occasion o f the ston elayin g both sh ow that the house
changed in appearance in the course o f the building pro
cess. O rig in a lly tw o domed corner tow ers should have
flanked the entrance at the square, and it w as also designed
w ithout the fourth w in g closing o ff the house from the
garden. In 1700 G yld en lo ve sold his house to the Queen
D ow ager, Charlotte Am alie, w h o resided here until her
death, and it is after her that the bu ildin g has its present
name.
Reproduced p. 28.
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