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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
CHURCHES.
F r u e k ir k e ,
or Church of our Lady, situate on an
unfinished and neglected plot of ground in Nørregade,
is the principal church, or Cathedral, of the City.
After being more than once destroyed by fire, the
last time at the bombardment of I807, when, on
account of the height of the spire, it was a principal
mark for the English shells, it was again re-bui
r.
and finished in 1829. It is a heavy structure, in
a rather peculiar style, with a Doric portico far
too small in proportion to the building: nor does
the interior possess any architectural beauty. But
it is adorned by the master-works of Thorvaldsen,
and here lies its chief, if not only, attraction. In
the pediment is a group in
te r r a c o tta
of
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figures, representing John the Baptist preaching in
the wilderness; and over the entrance to the church
within the portico a
b a s r e lie f
of Christ’s entrance
into Jerusalem.
Entering the church the eye is
immediately struck with the noble and colossal