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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
CHURCHES.
Fruekirke,
or C hurch o f our L ady, situate on an
unfinished and neglected plot o f g rou nd in N ø rregad e,
is the prin cip al ch u rch , or C athedral, o f the City.
A fter being m ore th an once destroyed by fire, the
last tim e a t th e bom b ardm en t o f I 8 0 7 , w h e n , on
account o f th e h eig h t o f the spire, it w as a principal
m ark for the E ng lish sh ells, it w as a g ain re -b u i r.
and finished in 1829.
It is a h eav y stru c tu re , in
a ra th e r peculiar sty le , w ith a D oric portico far
too sm all in pro p o rtio n to the b u ild in g : n o r does
the in terior possess an y arch itectu ral beauty.
B ut
it is adorn ed b y the m aster-w o rk s o f T horvaldsen,
an d here lies its c h ief, if n o t o n ly , attraction. In
the pedim ent is a gro u p in
terra cotta
o f
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figures, representin g Jo h n the B ap tist preach in g in
the w ild e rn e ss; and over the entrance to the church
w ithin the portico a
basrelief
o f C h rist’s entrance
into Jeru salem .
E n terin g the chu rch the eye is
imm ediately struck w ith the noble and colossal