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GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.
(Janeellibygnirtfferne ,
th e
Cancetti
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b u ild in g s,
situate on the S lotsholm to the w est o f the E x
c h a n g e , consist o f a large m ain - b uilding, raised
by F red erik I V ., w hose b ust in m arble is placed
ov er the e n tra n c e , and o f three other buildings
added to it in later tim es.
H ere are the offices o f
the v ario u s M in isters, except th a t o f the M arine,
w hich is still at G amm elholm . T h e C ancelli-building
is united to C hristiansbo rg by a C orridor.
In the
p a rt n e are st the c o rrid o r, opposite to the palace,
th ere still stands a m assive fabric o f m asonry —
w alls of vast thickness: these are the last rem ains
of the old
K io b e n h a v n s
S lot;
and here the P riv y
A rchives of the State and of the R oyal .Fam ily are
deposited. D eeds o f considerable antiquity are here
accum ulated in room s w hich m ay decidedly be
considered as fire-proof.
O f the M edeci, of the
S tu arts , o f the B artho lom ew m assacre and m any
o ther historical events we here find the authentic
records. T he oldest original docum ent, according to
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