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prægede Partier af det gamle København. Af alle

der^s Bygningsværker staar saavel i Stil som i En ­

keltheder

Børsen

højest. Med sine Sandstensorna-

menter, sit lange Tag med de talrige Kviste og sit

fantastiske Spir af snoede Dragehaler lager denne

Københavns skønneste Renæssancebygning sig

særdeles fordelagtig ud, ikke mindst paa Grund af

sin Beliggenhed ud mod Børskanalen, hvor tal­

rige Smaaskibe med ranke Master og brogede

opens out over the square itself and Ilojbroplads

to Christiansborg Slot on Ihe district called Slots­

holmen.

Slotsholmen!

The name itself gives pause for

reflection. The most ancient history of Copenhagen

is associated with this little island, where Bishop

Absalon’s castle once stood, and where its remains

together with those of the oldest Castle of Copen­

hagen exist as excavaled and very notable ruins.

Det kongelige Bibliotek. — The Royal I.ibrary. — La Bibliothéque Royale. — Die kfinigliche Bibliothek.

Sejl til enhver Tid ligger opankrede og losser og

lader ved Kajgaden.

Forbunden med Christiansborg Slots Nordfløj,

Kongefløjen, ligger

Slotskirken

med sin grønne

Kuppel, og bag denne

Thorvaldsens Museum,

der

rummer Kunstnerens Værker i Original eller Af­

støbning. Bygningens fire Fløje indeslutter en

Gaard med Mesterens Grav, og danner saaledes et

Mausoleum over denne Danmarks berømteste Bil­

ledhugger.

Nu som i Københavns ældste Tider er Slotshol­

men en 0 , adskilt fra Byens andre Kvarterer paa

den ene Side af Havneløbet og paa de andre Sider

af en Kanal, der krummer sig malerisk langs dens

stensatte Kajer og mosgroede Murfundamenter.

The whole of the central part of Slotsholmen is

occupied by

Christiansborg Palace,

the seat of the

Danish Government, llie Foreign Office and the

Supreme Court of Justice. The palace has been

re-built on the ruins of a former Christiansborg

castle which was destroyed by fire in 1884.

Grouped around this, Denmark’s national edifice,

stand some of the oldest preserved buildings in

Copenhagen, which both as far as their public

application and historical contents are concerned,

give the wliole of this enclave a quite special cha­

racter and charm. Here lie the

Ministerial palaees,

the

National archives,

and the

Royal Library

the

picturesque little garden of which is further

framed by the handsome facades of the military

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