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Frelserskirke
,
Church o f our Saviour,
b u ilt betw een 1 6 8 2 an d 1 6 9 4 , in C h ristian sh av n .
O n the w alls o f th e tow er are fig u re s , la rg e r th an
life , o f the four E vang elists.
A bove this is a
g allery from w hich an extern al sp ira l staircase
ascends to the sum m it o f the S te e p le , 3 0 0 feet
high.
On the top is a globe 8 feet in diam eter,
ab o v e w hich is the figure o f o u r S av io u r in copper,
10 feet in h e ig h t, holding in one h a n d a v an e as
th e flag o f victory. T h e o rg an in this church is a
fine in strum e n t, an d o rn am ented w ith a g re a t
q u a n tity o f richly carved w ood.
T h e a lta r is also
handsom e, the low er p a rt com posed o f Italian m arble
w ith a rep resen tatio n o f C hrist’s sufferings in the
g a rd en o f G ethsem ane.
T h e p u lp it is o f fine
m a rb le ; and the font also o f p u re w hite m arble, v ery
c h a s te , on w hich is a b eautifully scu lp tu red re p re
sentation o f the B aptism o f ou r S a v io u r by St. Jo h n .
In this and two or three o th er chu rch es the g allery
seats are divided into boxes, giving the ap pearance
m ore o f a th eatre th an a place o f w orship.
Frederikskirke,
also in C h ristian sh av n , erected
1756, used by the G erm an residen ts o f th a t locality.
T h e
German
and
French Reformed, Church,
a sm all, old, building, the in terio r o f w hich is v e ry
neat, is situate in G othersgad e. E rected in 1668.