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E. D. Hausser and remained here until
18 7 4
when a new
building was erected in the Citadel for that purpose. On
the left we catch a glimpse of the corner of the old Hotel
d'Angleterre which was completely rebuilt in the
1 8 7 0
s.
Reproduced p.
90
.
1 4 6
HALMTORVET
180 9
Inside Vesterport (the western gate) lay Halmtorvet, a
market to which the farmers came with their bundles of
straw (hence its name: straw market). To the right of the
gate the guardhouse, and beyond it the engine house. On
the rampart the Store Kongen wind mill. Vesterport was
the first of the city gates to be torn down in
1 8 5 6
.
Reproduced p.
9 1
.
1 4 7
VOLDGADEN A T NØRREPORT
18 0 7
On either side of the gate slopes lead up to the ridge
of the rampart on which there were trees. To the left
of the gate the guardhouse and in the background a small
engine house. The broad street is crowded with carriages,
horsemen, and strolling people. Like a pen-and-ink draw
ing from
18 0 7
(at the Printroom of the Royal Museum of
Fine Arts in Copenhagen) this sheet is a prepatory draw
ing for an oil painting which is at Frederiksborg Museum.
1 4 8
GRØNLAND
18 0 7
The lot of unbuilt ground within the ramparts between
Nyboder and the Citadel was originally called Grønland or
Grønneland (green land). A s Nyboder gradually expanded
and various military buildings were built outside the Cita
del itself, Grønland was reduced to include only the area
in front of Østerport (the eastern gate) that can be seen in
this picture. On the left a corner of the hussar barracks
standing along Store Kongensgade, and in the background
some of the Nyboder gables and a few facades in Rigens-
gade. The large buildings along the rampart in the middle
of the picture were military warehouses - the so-called
Grønland houses. On the Rosenkrantz bastion the Grøn
land and Queen's mills. On the far right the inner side of
Østerport.
1 4 9
AMAGERPORT RAVELIN
180 9
The foundation of Christianshavn
1 6 1 8
necessitated the
building of a fourth town gate, placed at the end of the
present Torvegade. It was renewed several times, for the
last time in
1 7 2 4
, and demolished like the others
18 5 6
-
57
.
In this view we see the Ravelin - a redoubt in the middle
of the city moat - from it two drawbridges lead to Amager
and Christianshavn in the background. On the right the
still existing guardhouse, behind that Vor Frelsers kirke
(the Church of Our Saviour) and Little mill on the Lion's
bastion. This mill still exists although in another shape.
A s ornamental figures we see some Amager farmers and
watchmen.
15 0
PEDER HANSEN RESEN:
ATLAS DAN ICUS , COPENHAGEN c.
1 6 7 7
To-day this book exists only in five copies - each with a
different number of plates - exhibiting motifs from Copen
hagen and the Kingdom of Denmark. The title page has
the year
1 6 7 7
, but it is unlikely that all the sheets were
done at the same time, and the engraving of Copenhagen
Castle for example carries the inscription
1 6 7 9
. It is not
known for sure when the five books were bound, and it
does not seem probable that it happened simultaneously.
Originally Resen, who was president of Copenhagen, plan
ned a gigantic topographical work covering the whole King
dom, but as the data grew a complete edition could no
longer be realized. During the fire in
17 2 8
the prepatory
studies were destroyed, but a few abridged editions sur
vived. The five mentioned copies of Atlas Danicus, of
which one is exhibited here, contain only plates and are
therefore not in accordance with the original idea of the
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