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Philosophyanyen
* ) ,
The Philosopher’s
Walk,
below the ram p a rt n e ar th e W est G ate w as
in form er tim es m uch resorted to as a prom en ad e ;
b u t now seem s to hav e been taken possession o f
by boys as a p la y -g ro u n d , or used as a place o f
recreatio n by the occupants of V arto u and O p erativ es’
alm s-h ouses.
'■') So called because the youth o f the University of Co
penhagen made at this part of the rampart a successful
so rtie
against Charles X ., King of Sweden, when be
sieging the City in 1558.