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Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18
Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 are two almost identical listed properties overlooking Frederiksholms Kanal, Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The Victorian Home, a 15-room, late 19th-century bourgeois home now operated as a historic house museum by the National Museum of Denmark, is located on the second floor of No. 18. The Attorney general (''Rigsadvokaten'') is based at No. 16. Both buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 6 April 1969. History Plessen's Mansion The property on the site was listed in the Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 285 in the city's West Quarter, owned by customs inspector (''toldforvalter'') Laurids Eskildsen. The property was shortly thereafter sold to Christian Siegfred von Plessen (1646-1723)- In the 1690s, he constructed a large tpwn mansion with a Baroque garden on the rear. The property was after his death passed on to his son Ludvig von Plessen. His ... [...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] |
