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Palatial
Mansions in Copenhagen |
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Thotts palæ |
1683 |
Kongens Nytorv |
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Holsteins palæ |
1687 |
Stormgade |
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Moltkes palæ |
1702 |
Bredgade |
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Kancellibygningen |
1721 |
Slotsholmsgade |
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Marskalsgården |
1729 |
Købmagergade |
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Barchmanns
palæ |
1740 |
Frederiksholms
Kanal |
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Prinsens palæ |
1744 |
Frederiksholms
Kanal |
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Odd Fellow Palæet |
1751 |
Bredgade |
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Lindencrones Palæ |
1751 |
Bredgade |
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Bernstorffs Palæ |
1752 |
Bredgade |
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Dehns
palæ |
1752 |
Bredgade |
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Amaliegade 15-17 |
1754 |
Amaliegade |
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Det gule palæ |
1764 |
Amaliegade |
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Thotts palæ
1683-86 |
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Now the French embassy on the
square Kongens Nytorv. Built by admiral Niels Juel 1683-86, therefore also
known as Juels palæ. Alterations by privy councillor Otto Thott 1763-64.
The most significant alterations by Thott are visible in the third
picture. The right-hand facade towards Bredgade has the original Tuscan
capitals; these were replaced by composite Ionic-Corinthian capitals on
the main facade towards Kongens Nytorv. The main facade was also decorated with
festoons and a balustrade was added with statues and vases. A triangular
pediment replaced a belvedere. Also the original dark red brick wall between the
pilasters was painted.
The original architect was possibly Ewert Janssen. The alterations of 1763
were the work of Nicolas-Henri Jardin.
The Thott family sold the house to the French government in 1930. Interiors
can be seen here
(the website of the French embassy) |
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Holsteins
palæ
1687 |
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In Stormgade. Originally known as
Lützows palæ. Erected around 1687 by
the lord chamberlain Henning Ulrich von Lützow,
shortly after Juels palæ above and in a similar style. Consisted
originally of two floors above a cellar, nine bays with pilasters, and a
hipped roof. It was extended at either end by a slightly wider bay in the
period
1711-40. In 1756 there were more extensive alterations designed by Jacob Fortling for
the then owner Johan Ludvig Holstein. He heightened the building with by
one floor (where there previously had been a triangular pediment) and
placed statues along the top. He also added an entrance in the middle. |
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Moltkes palæ
1702 |
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On the corner of Bredgade and
Dronningens Tværgade. Erected 1702 by Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve ("Gyldenløves
little palace"). Two floors and cellar, nine bays with giant
pilasters in the centre. The rich sandstone decorations and the balustrade
with sculptures were added slightly later by the architect Johan Cornelius Krieger.
The side towards Dronningens Tværgade was extended by seven bays at the
end of the 19th century in the same style (last picture). |
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Kancellibygningen
(The Chancery Building)
1721 |
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On Slotsholmsgade, next to
Christiansborg palace. A large Baroque building completed 1721 by King Frederik IV for the state administration - it was never a residential
mansion as were the others on this web page.
The architect was the king's master builder Johan Conrad Ernst.
The large eye-catching frontispiece carries in relief the nation's coat of
arms, a bust of Frederik IV, and various symbols of war and peace.
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Marskalsgården
(Marshal's Court)
1729 |
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In Købmagergade on the corner of
Valkendorfsgade. Inner city post office, earlier the central post office
for Copenhagen. Built as a mansion in 1729-33. Started by Christian
Møinichen, but changed hands a couple of times during its construction,
and then sold to the king in1734. For a short time after that it was the
residence of the lord chamberlain (lord marshall, hence the name). Post
office since 1779 when it was renovated by Harsdorff.
The Baroque design is believed to be by the Dutchman Philip de Lange.
Seven bays with a projecting central bay richly decorated on all floors.
The windows were originally sash windows, unusual in Denmark, but also
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Barchmanns Palæ
1740 |
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On the corner of Frederiksholms
Kanal and Ny Kongensgade. A Baroque mansion built in 1740-41 by Philip de Lange
for Jacob
Barchmann. A seven-bay extension along the canal in 1748 and a little
later a three-bay extension along Ny Kongensgade.
The original building of is seven bays towards the canal and nine towards
the street, in red brick with sandstone pilasters, cornice, decorations
and portal, and a mansard roof.
The extension along the canal also has pilasters, but in red brick not
sandstone. The cornice is also abandoned.
The Baroque style required symmetry and the facade to the right of the
portal is, in fact, covering the stables. |
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Prinsens palæ
1744 |
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The National Museum on Frederiksholms
Kanal. The original house was built in 1684 but altered twice: In 1726 for
Crown Prince Christian (later Christian VI) and in 1743-44 for Crown Prince Frederik (V). The later alteration was done in the latest French
style by the court architect Nicolai Eigtved and is one of the oldest
Rococo buildings in Denmark. It has three wings with a courtyard closed to
the street by a single-floor gallery with entrance portal in the middle.
Balustrade with vases and statues. The statues together with window
decorations on the garden side were saved from the building of 1726 by Krieger.
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Odd
Fellow Palæet
1751-56 |
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In Bredgade. Originally Berckentins
Palæ. Built 1751-56 for privy councillor C.A. Berckentin by the architect
J.G. Rosenberg. The design possibly also influenced by the court architect
Nicolai Eigtved. Owned by the Order of Odd Fellows since 1900.
The house, in Rococo style, stands behind highly decorative wrought iron
railings. Originally there were single-floor wings with pavilions at
the front to the street. These were replaced at the end of the 19th
century by pastiche Rococo buildings (last picture).
The main facade resembles Amalienborg.
Eleven bays, slight two-bay projections at either end and a more strongly
projecting three-bay centre. Shallow niches and lesenes with square
"ears", a feature used by Eigtved. Balustrade with Berckentin's
coat of arms. The entrance has a balcony carried by four pairs of Ionic
columns. |
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Lindencrones Palæ
1751 |
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On the
corner of Bredgade and Skt. Annæ Plads. Designed by Nicolai Eigtved og
built 1751-53
for Christen Lintrup (raised to the peerage in 1756 under the name Lindencrone).
Built of limestone from Lintrup's estate Gjorslev
at Stevns.
The building is not as simple a design as it first appears, especially the
facade towards Bredgade. The central and end bays are slightly projecting
and above the ground floor they have "ear"-lesenes (as in
previous building), corbels and decorative reliefs. The bays between the
projections have niches and no lesenes. The ground floor has
horizontal grooves but only on the projections. The whole is brought
together, however, by a horizontal moulding above the ground floor along
the full length of the building. The facade towards Skt. Annæ
Plads has niches and "ear"-lesenes, also on the ground floor
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Bernstorffs
Palæ and Dehns Palæ
1752-56 |
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Externally
two identical but mirror-image palaces on the corners of Bredgade at the
entrance via Frederiksgade to Amalienborg
Square. Built in 1752-56 for the two privy councillors J.H.E. Bernstorff
and
F.L. Dehn. The designs were by J.G. Rosenberg but approved by the
Court master builder Nicolai Eigtved, who had overall supervision of the
new town district of Frederikstad.
The style is Late Baroque/Rococo. The main facades towards Bredgade
consist of three pavilions on three floors over a cellar and mansard
roofs. The piano nobile, the main floor, has tall round-arched windows
with decorations above. Vases and cartouches on the roofs. The pavilions
are connected by lower, two-floor sections. All facades have
"ear"-lesenes (i.e. small square "ears" at the top)
and the central pavilions also have pilasters with highly decorated
capitals and grooves at the ground floor level.
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Amaliegade
15-17
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Amaliegade15-17 was built 1754-56.
It was designed by Nicolai Eigtved as two symmetrical houses of which one
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Det Gule Palæ
(The Yellow Palace)
1764 |
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In
Amaliegade. Built 1764 by the architect Nicolas-Henri Jardin for the
timber merchant H.F. Bargum.
The style is Neoclassical, which now replaced the Rococo.
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