CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

con sp icu ous are the

Hiddersal

(

Knight’s-hall),

120 feet lo n g , 4 4 feet h ig h , and 50 feet broad,

w ith a g allery su p p o rted by C orinthian co lum n s;

a n d

Kongm s Throngemak (the King’s Throne

Room')

ad orned w ith 4 larg e p ainting s by P ro f.

E ck e rsb e rg , re p re se n tin g scenes o f D anish history.

T h e palace also contains

Statsraadsalen (the

Council Chamber),

and ap artm en ts in w hich bo th

cham bers o f the D iet hold th eir sittings.

In the

u p p e r p a rt o f the building is the R oyal G allery of

P aintin gs.

It will surely strik e every stran g er th a t th ere

m u st have been g re at v an ity in the M o n a rc h , or

g re a t w an t o f ju d g m e n t, p e rh ap s a propensity to

ila tte r, in the architect, w hich raised a building so

disp ropo rtioned to the size, population, w ealth, and

pow er of the country.

Rosenborg Palace

, b u ilt by

Christian IV.,

from a design of, so it is considered,

Inigo Jones,

in 1604, as a sum m er residence.

At th a t tim e it

w as situ ated outside the city ; b u t w ithin four

years, in consequence o f the N orthern lim its o f the

tow n being extended, the palace w as enclosed by

the ram p arts.

It is b u ilt in the G othic style,

sim ilar to the palace of F re d e rik sb o rg , and has

a large tow er tow ards the W ., tw o sm aller ones

to the E., each w ith a spire, an d a fo urth betw een