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of the church represent Our Savi our on his Way to Gol got ha, and on eaeli side over the entrance lo the clioir is a basrelief, the one of tliese representingourLord’sB ap tism , the other porlraving the Last Supper. — In 1861 the church underwent a Ihorough repair and was furnished with a warraing- apparat. St. Petrikirke, St. Peters Church, is nca- ly opposite the cliureh of our Lady. It is huilt in a bastard Gothic style with a spire 248 feel high and originally it was the parish church of the village of Serritzlcv before that parish was incorporated in Copcnhagen. It is the Church of German Lulherans and German alone is preached in il. In the chapel are two monuments sculptured by Wiedewelt. Triiiitatiskirkc, Church of the Trivity, or, as it is oflen called, the Kolind Church, stands at the top of Kjøbrnagergade and was huilt by Christian IV and is remarkable for ils great size and for the peculiar style and ricli- ness of ils decorations, espeeially the ornamental carvings in oak on the Altar and Pulpil. Whal is more remarkable is, however, the round tower of the church, said to be the only slructure of its kind in Europc, and built from the plan of Tycho Br ahe ’ s favourite dis­ ciple, Chr i s t ophe r Lo n g omo n t a nu s . It is ascended by a broad spiral inelined plane

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