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M ilitary as an exercise ground and for r e v ie w s ;
Ladegaardsveien
,
leading u p to the F o lk o n e er-
a llé e , &c.
Frederiksberg Slot.
T h e road to th is p alace
is th ro u g h th e W e s t G a te , a fte r p assin g w hich a
sh o rt d istance from the d raw -b rid g e is seen on the
left T ivoli, and, o p p o site, a sm all bu ild in g fo r the
use in sum m er o f th e m em bers o f the K in g’s Club.
A little fu rther, on the le ft, is the en trance to the
R oeskilde R ailw ay S ta tio n , opposite to w h ic h , in
the centre o f th e ro a d , stands the O b e lisk , called
Frihedsstøtten
,
or T h e P illa r o f L ib erty , raised
b y the p e asan ts in comm em oration o f th eir em anci
p atio n from villenage by C hristian the S eventh and
F re d e rik th e S ix th , then C row n P rince.
T h e
O b e lisk , w hich re sts on a p ed estal o f N orw egian
m arble, is 4 8 feet h ig h , and b ears on its sides
su itable inscriptions.
On the e ast and w est sides
o f the ped estal a re
basreliefs
,
rep resen tin g a S e rfs
release from V assalage, and the Goddess of Ju s tic e :
and the fo ur corners are decorated w ith fo ur
m arble figures representing F id e lity , P atrio tism ,
A griculture, an d B rav ery .
A bou t m idw ay on the V esterbro, on the left,
is a larg e buff b u ild in g , enclosed b y a railing,
Det Kiøbenhavnske Skydeselskab og Kongelige
danske Broderskabs L o c a le
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o r ,
The Club-