Christian IX's Gade ( lit. "Christian IX's Street") is a street in central

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. It runs from

Gammel Mønt Gammel Mønt () is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, located one block west of Gothersgade and Rosenborg Castle Garden. History In 1497, a community of Poor Clare nuns established the Monastery of St. Clare roughly at the junction of pres ...

in the south to

Gothersgade Gothersgade (; see #The name, below) is a major street in the Indre By, City Centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Kongens Nytorv to The Lakes, Copenhagen, Sortedam Lake, passing Rosenborg Castle and Rosenborg Castle Gardens, Gardens, Nø ...

in the north.

History

Christian IX's Gade was created in 1906 when a private consortium, Christian IXs Gades Byggekonsortium redeveloped the entire block between

Møntergade Møntergade ( lit. "Minter Street") is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Pilestræde in the west to Gothersgade in the east. History Møntergade has probably existed since the Middle Ages but the first reference to ...

and Store Regnegade. Copenhagen's new neighbourhoods outside the old fortifications were experiencing rapid population growth while the population in the old city was declining. Some of the oldest and most ramshackle housing blocks were therefore being replaced by commercial buildings or modern apartment buildings. The new street ran diagonally through the area. It was named after

Christian IX Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently List of dukes of Schleswig, Duke of Schleswig, List of dukes of Holstein, Holstein and Saxe-Laue ...

who had just died. Construction progressed fast and had been completed in 1910.

Buildings

Eugen Jørgensen Eugen Jørgensen (13 May 1858 – 1 September 1910) was a Danish architect and local politician. His apartment building at Strandboulevarden 35 in Copenhagen has been listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places. Other works ...

, who was both a partner in the development company and a member of the City Council, designed all the buildings along the street. They are built in a monumental

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style, combining red brick and roof tiles with

architectural Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

details such as bay windows, orio windows, exposed timber framing,

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s and spires. The north side of the street forms one side of a triangular block which is completed by

and

. The south side of the street is divided in two by

Ny Østergade Ny Østergade ( lit. "New East Street") is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking the Østergade section of the pedestrian street Strøget in the south with Christian IX's gade in the northwest. Together with the intersecting st ...

. No. 6 received an award from the city but the architecture was generally subject to widespread criticism for being bombastic and overloaded.

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Image:Chr. IX's Gade - Nu Østergade corner.jpg, Corner of Christian IX's Fade with Ny Østergade Image:Christian IXs Gade 1 - Gammel Nønt 10.jpg, The corner with

Image:Gothersgade 47, Kbh 01.jpg, Corner with

. just off

Image:Christian IX's Gade - Ny Østergade corner.jpg, Christian IXs Gade /Ny Østergade corner Image:Christian IXs Gade detail.jpg, Detail

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