CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.

(Jan eellib ygn irtffern e , th e C a n c e tti

b u ild in g s,

situate on the S lotsholm to the w est o f the E x

c h a n g e , consist o f a large m ain - b uilding, raised

by F red erik I V ., w hose b ust in m arble is placed

ov er the e n tra n c e , and o f three other buildings

added to it in later tim es.

H ere are the offices o f

the v ario u s M in isters, except th a t o f the M arine,

w hich is still at G amm elholm . T h e C ancelli-building

is united to C hristiansbo rg by a C orridor.

In the

p a rt n e are st the c o rrid o r, opposite to the palace,

th ere still stands a m assive fabric o f m asonry —

w alls of vast thickness: these are the last rem ains

of the old

K io b e n h a v n s S lo t ;

and here the P riv y

A rchives of the State and of the R oyal .Fam ily are

deposited. D eeds o f considerable antiquity are here

accum ulated in room s w hich m ay decidedly be

considered as fire-proof.

O f the M edeci, of the

S tu arts , o f the B artho lom ew m assacre and m any

o ther historical events we here find the authentic

records. T he oldest original docum ent, according to