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De Coninck House
The De Coninck House (Danish: ''De Conincks Gård'') is a historic property located at Store Kongensgade 72 in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after Frédéric de Coninck for whom it was built in the 1790s. History Frédéric and Louis de Coninck The building is situated in the former garden of the Moltke Mansion in Dronningens Tværgade. In the 1780s The building now known as the Moltke Mansion after a later owner was acquired by merchants and ship-owners Frédéric de Coninck and Niels Reiersen. Reiersen withdrew from the partnership when he succeeded his father as the proprietor of the Royal Silk Manufactory in Bredgade. In 1792, Coninck let the mansion in Dronningens Rværgade out to the Spanish envoy. In 1794, he sold it to queen dowager Juliana Maria, who had been left homeless by the fire of Christiansborg Palace, but kept a piece of the garden towards Store Kongensgade. The renderings for Coninck's building at No. 72 (then Parcel No. 209) was approve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan area has 2,057,142 people. Copenhagen is on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. During the Renaissance the city served as the de facto capital of the Kalmar Union, being the seat of monarchy, governing the majority of the present day Nordic region in a personal union with Sweden and Norway ruled by the Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
