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Johan Martin Quist
Johan Martin Quist or Qvist (3 September 1755 – 25 April 1818) was a Danish architect who made a significant contribution to the city of Copenhagen. Together with those of Andreas Hallander, his classically styled buildings form part of the legacy of 19th-century Danish Golden Age architects who reconstructed areas of the old town which had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795.Sys Hartmann, "Johan Martin Quist", Kunstindeks Danmark Retrieved 15 October 2010. His most important work is (''Gustmeyers Gaard''), located opposite |
Store Strandstræde
Store Strandstræde (literally "Great Beach Alley") is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends diagonally from Kongens Nytorv, at the corner of Nyhavn and Bredgade, to Sankt Annæ Plads. Lille Strandstræde ("Small Beach Alley") joins the street shortly before reaching Sankt Annæ Plads. Nordic Council is headquartered at No. 18 and operates an art gallery featuring Nordic countries, Nordic art and artists at the ground floor. History Store Strandgade is the last remains of a small road which ran along the coast line, connecting the old Eastern City Gate to Sankt Annæ Bro (English: Saint Ann's Bridge) where the Nordre Toldbod#The Custom House, Custom House was built in 1628. The shore was originally located where the street now meets Sankt Annæ Plads. The far end of the street was widened in the 19010. Buildings The Grandjean House at Storestrandgade 3-Bredgade 4 was built in 1853–54 to a design which is typical of many of the Empire style, late Empire houses in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1818 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire. ** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London. * January 2 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded. * January 3 (21:52 UTC) – Venus occults Jupiter. It is the last occultation of one planet by another before November 22, 2065. * January 6 – The Treaty of Mandeswar brings an end to the Third Anglo-Maratha War, ending the dominance of Marathas, and enhancing the power of the British East India Company, which controls territory occupied by 180 million Indians. * January 11 – Percy Bysshe Shelley's ''Ozymandias'' is published pseudonymously in London. * January 12 – The Dandy horse (''Laufmaschine'' bicycle) is invented by Karl Drais in Mannheim. * February 3 – Jeremiah Chubb is granted a British patent for the Chubb detector lock. * February 5 – Upon his death, King Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1755 Births
Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the sultanate of Yogyakarta and the sunanate of Surakarta. * March 12 – A steam engine is used in the American colonies for the first time as New Jersey copper mine owner Arent Schuyler installs a Newcomen atmospheric engine to pump water out of a mineshaft. * March 22 – Britain's House of Commons votes in favor of £1,000,000 of appropriations to expand the British Army and Royal Navy operations in North America. * March 26 – General Edward Braddock and 1,600 British sailors and soldiers arrive at Alexandria, Virginia on transport ships that have sailed up the Potomac River. Braddock, sent to take command of the British forces against the French in North America, commandeers taverns and private homes to feed and house the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Of Denmark
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. The term comes ; ; . Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. The practice, which began in the prehistoric era, has been used as a way of expressing culture for civilizations on all seven continents. For this reason, architecture is considered to be a form of art. Texts on architecture have been written since ancient times. The earliest surviving text on architectural theories is the 1st century AD treatise '' De architectura'' by the Roman architect Vitruvius, according to whom a good building embodies , and (durability, utility, and beauty). Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snaregade 10
Magstræde, Snaregade 10 is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property located close to Gammel Strand in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The book printing business J. D. Qvist & Co was from some time during the 19th century and until at least the 1950s based in the building. The football club Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, KB was on 26 April 1876 founded in the apartment of one of the owners. The property was listed on the Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Its most characteristic feature is the inwardly curved facade of a former warehouse in the courtyard on its rear. History 18th century The site was formerly part of a larger property, continuing all the way to Kompagnistræde on the other side of the block. This property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 13 in Snaren's Quarter and was owned by ''renteskriver'' Jacob Sørensen at that time. It was later divided into two properties, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronprinsessegade 18
Kronprinsessegade 18 is a Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was together with the adjacent buildings at No. 618 constructed by the master builder Johan Martin Quist. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. History Construction Kronprinsessegade was created in 1802 on a strip of land that had until then been part of Rosenborg Castle Garden. The land had been presented to the City of Copenhagen by the Crown as partial compensation for a regulation of the city's street network following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. A large plot of land was acquired by the master builder Johan Martin Quist (now No, 6-18).The site now known as Kronprinsessegade 18 was initially referred to as lots No. 1 and No. 2A. The still undeveloped property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 391 in St. Ann's West Quarter. The present building on the site was finally constructed by Qvist in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronprinsessegade 16
Kronprinsessegade 16 is a Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. History Construction Kronprinsessegade 16 was built in 1807 as one of five properties at Kronprinsessegade No. 10-18 that were built by master builder Johan Martin Quist. The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 390 in St. Ann's West Quarter. The poet Jens Baggesen was a resident in the building in the mid-1810s. Hedvig Erichsen Hedevig Eriksen, widow of Mogens Erichsen on Saint Croix, resided on the ground floor at the 1834 census. She lived there with her five children (aged three to 15) and one maid. Hedevig Erichsen still resided on the ground floor at the 1840 census. She lived there with her six children (aged 10 to 20) and one maid. Elisabeth Elokin, Secilie Elokin and Ane Elokinthree unmarried sisters (aged 79 to 8t)resided on the first floor with two maids. Emanuel Blom , a commander captain in the Royal Danish Navy, resided on the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronprinsessegade 14
Kronprinsessegade 14 is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. History Construction The property was initially referred to as Lot 19A when Kronprinsessegade was created in c. 1800. The present building on the site was constructed by master builder Johan Martin Quist in 1805–6. The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 389 in St. Ann's West Quarter. It was still owned by Quist at that time. The property was later owned by Supreme Court justice Hans Rosenkilde (17651837). Claus Conrad Schwartz, a captain in the King's Regiment, resided in the third-floor apartment at the 1834 census. He lived there with his wife Karen Rasmine Baggesen, their five children (aged three to 13), two lodgers and one maid. Christen Petersen Estrup, a grocer (''høker''), resided in the basement with his wife Christine Petersen Estrup and their 10-year-old daughter. Holm In c. 1837, the property was bought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronprinsessegade 10
Kronprinsessegade ( lit. "Crown Princess Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Noted for its fine Neoclassical houses, it extends from Gothersgade and runs along the southern boundary of Rosenborg Castle Garden, passing Sølvgade and the Nyboder district of old naval barracks before finally joining Øster Voldgade close to Østerport Station. The David Collection, a museum which displays a large collection of Islamic art as well as Danish and European fine and applied arts, is based at No. 30. History Origins After the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, which destroyed large parts of the city, there was an urgent need for new housing. Instigated by his consort, Crown Princess Marie Sophie, Crown Prince Frederik (VI) made an 89 ell (55.8 meter) strip along the southern boundary of Rosenborg Castle Garden available for the establishment of a new street which was to connect Gothersgade to Sølvgade. The new street was named Kronprinsessegade in honour of Crown Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronprinsessegade 8
Kronprinsessegade 8, also known as Revisorenes Hus (The Auditors House) after its current owner, FSR - Danish Auditors´Danish Auditors Association, is a listed, Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish register of protected buildings and places in 1845. History Early history Kronprinsessegade 8 was built by Johan Martin Quist for Jeremias Henriques and Jacob Henriques in 1803-1804 . The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 386 in St. Ann's West Quarter. Jeremias Henriques (nprn c- 1868= was a leather and wallpaper manudacturer. He was married to Johanne Mariboe (born c. 1765). They resided at No. 276 in St. Ann's Quarter (later Adelgade 77). Quist was himself a resident in the building after selling his previous home at Store Strandstræde 18. The composer Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse lived in an apartment in the building from 1815. In September 1817, a 14-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronprinsessegade 6
Kronprinsessegade 6 is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed on the Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. History Early history The site was initially listed as Lot 4A when Kronprinsessegade was created in c. 1800. The present building on the site was constructed in 1803-1804 by master builder Johan Martin Quist. The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 385 in St. Ann's West Quarter. It was still owned by Qvist at that time. C. Olufsen (1764-1827), a professor of agriculture, lived in the building in 1811–12. Court tailor H. Rasmussen operated a tailor's workshop on the ground floor of the building. 1840 census The property was home to four households at the 1840 census. Polycarpus Andreas Heinrich Feddersen, a customs official with title of ''justitsråd'', resided on the ground floor with his wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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