CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

Charlottenborg Palace,

situate on K ongens

N y to rv a t the co rner o f N yhavn , w as built in 1672,

by C ount U lrik G yldenlnve.

A fter the death o f

C hristian V. it w as p u rchased as a residence for

the Queen D ow ager C harlotte Am alie, and from h er

has its p resen t nam e.

F red erik V. m ad e a g ra n t

o f it for an A cadem y o f A rts, w hich w as founded

by him in 1 7 5 4 ; an d in 1 7 88 the gard en o f the

palace w as presented to the U n iv ersity for the

form ation o f a B otanical G arden.

T h e an nual

E xhibition of P aintin gs is open from the 1st. o f

A pril, for a b o u t six w eeks.

The Palaces on the Amalienborg

four in

num ber, form , w ith th eir offices, a com plete octagon,

united on the south side by a colonnade.

T h ey

w ere comm enced in 1 7 5 0 , an d finished n early at

the sam e tim e at the expense, and for the residence,

o f 4 noble fam ilies, M oltke, Scliack, L ew etzau, and

Brockdorfl*.

A fter the destruction o f C hristiansborg

in 1 7 9 4 , th ey becam e the residences o f the K ing

and C o u r t, and so continued till the death o f

C hristian V III. in 1 8 4 8 .

A t present tw o o f the

palaces are occupied by the Queen D ow ager C aroline

Am alie and the L andg rav e o f H esse. T he third, to

the right of the colo nnade, is now assigned

as a

residence for the Minister o f Foreign Affairs,

and for the

High Court o f Justice:

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