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Copenhagen City Hall (1479–1728)

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40: 166: 224:, the governing assembly of the city, began to meet indoors in 1623, first in a small building on the square and from 1662 in the city hall. The building also contained a theatre. The cellar was used as a 218:, who was appointed lord mayor of Copenhagen in 1664, wrote several works about the history of Denmark and of Copenhagen. He is the principal source of knowledge about the use of the city hall. The 207:
on either side. The same gables were seen on the rear of the building, flanking a smaller tower. Also on the rear of the building, there was an open gallery beneath an external balcony.
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refers to it as a "new building". A projecting, octagonal staircase tower topped by a spire was built in the middle of the façade towards Gammeltorv. The tower had a
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The new city hall at Gammeltorv was built as a replacement for the previous city hall located in Nørregade, at the site of the current
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ascended to the throne in 1588, it was with ambitions to strengthen Copenhagen's strategic role in the
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region and he soon embarked on a number of building projects such as the new
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style in 1610, it was in use until 1728 when it was destroyed in the first
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as well as a drinking establishment serving beer and wine.
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Third Copenhagen City Hall, illustration from Rosens Atlas
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The City Hall after the rebuilding as seen from Nytorv
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Copenhagen City Hall (1479-1729)

Renaissance
Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen
Denmark
Gammeltorv
Christian IV
Renaissance
Great Fire of Copenhagen
new city hall
Bishop's House
Copenhagen University

Christian IV
Baltic
Arsenal Dock
Rosenborg Castle
Børsen
Renaissance
Erik Pontoppidan
Dutch gable
Peder Hansen Resen
byting
jail


"Københavns rådhus fra 1479"

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