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tela in the City, The Hotel D’Angletcrre anil The Hotel Hu Nord.

Slotspladsen is an island situated at the "West End of the City, where the Royal Palace of Christiansborg is erected; on this is­ land is also the Exchequer, the Treasury, the Royal libra­ ry, the Arsenal and other public buildings. Kultorvct where the peasants expose for sale, charcoal, turf and wood, is situated near the Northern gate. Graabrodre- Torv commonly called Ulfeldts Plads, derives its name from the Grey or Franciscan Friars, who were residents in Den­ mark until the reformation; that Monastery was the ol­ dest in Denmark and was founded under the reign of King Waldcmar the second. On the destruction of this Mona- - story in 1202 the celebrated CorfitzUlfeldt, so well known in Danish History, erected a handsome edifice on its site. This Nobleman, married a natural daughter of King Christian the fourth; but he was convicted of high trea­ son, and the sentence of the supreme tribunal confirmed by His Majesty King Frederick the third is as follovs. One of the Estates of Corfitz Ulfeldt shall be levelled t> tho ground, and no building shall ever more be erected-^ ’