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Copenhagen City Hall (1728–1795)

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above the royal coat of arms. The rear side of the building had fewer decorations but also featured the royal coat of arms flanked by that of Copenhagen on either side. The rear of the building also had an open gallery similar to that of the old city hall.
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The cellar also contained a drinking establishment which served both wine and foreign beer. That the magistrate was entitled to run a "town cellar" as this establishment was called, was a tradition which can be traced back to at least
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The city hall was used by the city council and also housed the administration as well as the city's fire guard and police force. As had been the case at least since 1619, the new city hall also served as
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and completed already the same year. Seven bays wide, the building consisted of two storeys and a cellar, under a
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earlier that same year. In 1795 it was itself destroyed in the second
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Copenhagen City Hall (1728-1795)

Johannes Rach
Baroque
Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen
Denmark
Gammeltorv
Nytorv
its predecessor
Great Fire of Copenhagen
Great Fire of Copenhagen
new combined city hall and courthouse

Lauritz de Thurah
Hafnia Hodierna
Johan Conrad Ernst
Johan Cornelius Krieger
mansard roof
ridge turret
Christian VI

jail
Christopher of Bavaria
Old City Hall (Aalborg)
Copenhagen City Hall
"Københavns rådhus fra 1728"

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