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Royal Horse Guards Barracks (Copenhagen)

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279: 117: 295: 161: 194: 267: 255: 17: 244:), at 199 Vestervoldgade, its gable facing the alleyway, was originally built in 1740 for storage of hay for the King's Horses. The Royal Stables were located at Christiansborg Palace but fire hazard displaced the hay storage to the other side of the canal. The Hay Storage Building was destroyed in the fire 1798 fire which also hit the barracks building, and after that also stored hay for the Royal Horse Guards' horses. Much of the building was demolished in 1939 to make way for the Post Giro Building which was built to a design by 106: 98: 220:
This main wing is to the rear connected to a parallel building part of Civiletatens MaterialgÄrd by several short rear wings, forming three interior courtyard spaces, the one closest to the canal entered directly from Frederiksholms Kanal and the two others through arched gateways in the barracks
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The Royal Horse Guards were disbanded in 1866 and in 1969 the 2nd Artillery Regiment took over the premises which were then known as the Artillery Barracks until 1925 when they relocated to a new installation at Artillerivej on
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The building has been used by the Ministry of Education since 1927. Today it houses most of the Education Agency. There are also a number of residences facing the courtyard closest to Vester Voldgade.
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on the other side of the canal where the regiment served as royal guards. The building was hit by a fire in 1798 but subsequently rebuilt that same year. The composer
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and is accessed from a cobbled alleyway with a gate in each end, connecting the two streets. The facade stands in orange-washed masonry divided by
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building. The ground floor was originally used for stables while there was residential quarters on the first floor and feed storage in the attic.
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from 1792 until 1866. The building is located along the south side of a gated alleyway which connects
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The barracks viewed from the canal with the gate that opens onto one of the three gates to its rear
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in 1918, together with Civiletatens materialgÄrd, and underwent restoration work conducted by
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a few years later. The new barracks at Frederiksholms Kanal were designed by court architect
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but otherwise has little ornamentation. It is topped by a red tile roof with many
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The building is a long, 2-storey wing which runs from Frederiksholm Canal to the
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and built on a narrow strip of land which had until then been part of
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Royal Horse Guards photographed at the barracks on 27 July 1908
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The Royal Horse Guards at Frederiksholm Canal, painting by
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and to the left the gable of the Hay Storage Building
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the Royal Horse Guard Barracks seen on a map detail.
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Index


Danish
Copenhagen
Denmark
barracks
Royal Horse Guards
Frederiksholm Canal
Vester Voldgade
Civiletatens MaterialgÄrd
FÊstningens MaterialgÄrd
Zealand
Slotsholmen
Christiansborg Palace
Ministry of Education


Otto Bache

Royal Horse Guards
Vestergade
Copenhagen Fire of 1795
Andreas Kirkerup
Civiletatens MaterialgÄrd
Christiansborg Palace
Hans Christian Lumbye

Amager
Ministry of Education

Hay Storage Building

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