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The name Dantes Plads was introduced in connection with the installation of the Dante Column in front of the Ny
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The shape of the square were created when the grounds of
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and GHB Landskabsarkitekter in 2011. Its floor is paved with slender, yellow tiles and rises in four waves with perforated rusty red iron sides. The vegetation consists of
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after Holck's
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was acquired by the city and the Arena
Theatre was demolished that Tietgensgade was connected to
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