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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
Universitetsbygningen } The University Build
ing j
is situate on the no rth side o f F ru e k irk e r
and on the sam e unfinished plot o f ground. T h e
p re sen t stru ctu re w as finished in
1 836 .
Its length
is 2 2 0 ft., and a t each end o f the building is a
carriag e entrance. In the centre p a rt of the building
is the m ain entrance and v e stib u le , to the left an d
rig h t o f w hich are the L ecture room s. O ver th e
p o rtal is an E agle looking u p w a rd s, w ith the in
sc rip tio n : "C æ lestem adspicit lucem .” T h e v estib u ler
or entrance hall, is being ado rned w ith fine fresco-
paintings from the pencil o f C onstantine H a n se n ; a
c o rrid or on eith er side leads to
the lecture room s,
and at the fu rth er end o f the
vestibule is the
Solennitetssal,
(answ ering in som e respects to the
T h ea tre or S enate H ouse o f the E nglish U niversities)
a larg e and lofty ap artm e n t w ith a g allery extending
all round. A staircase on either side of the vestib ule
conducts to a floor above, w here th ere are ad d ition al
lecture room s.