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Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18
Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 are two almost identical listed properties overlooking Frederiksholms Kanal, Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The Victorian Home, a 15-room, late 19th-century bourgeois home now operated as a historic house museum by the National Museum of Denmark, is located on the second floor of No. 18. The Attorney general (''Rigsadvokaten'') is based at No. 16. Both buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 6 April 1969. History Plessen's Mansion The property on the site was listed in the Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 285 in the city's West Quarter, owned by customs inspector (''toldforvalter'') Laurids Eskildsen. The property was shortly thereafter sold to Christian Siegfred von Plessen (1646-1723). In the 1690s, he constructed a large town mansion with a Baroque garden on the rear. The property was after his death passed on to his son Ludvig von Plessen. His pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
