Ording House
The Ording House is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical apartment building situated at the corner of the small square Vandkunsten (square), Vandkunsten (No. 10( and the street Gåsegade in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after Carl Henrik Ording, a horse trader and property investor for whom it was built in 1803. It was listed in the Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the naval officer Carl Wilhelm Jessen. History 18th century The site was originally part of the same property as Kompagnistræde 43 on the other side of the block 10. The large property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 20 in the city's West Quarter (), owned by one Ole Jensen at that time. A brewery was operated on the property from at least the middle of the 18th century. The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 19 and belonged to brewer Gunde ...
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Neoclassical Architecture
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of ancient Rome and (much less) ancient Greek architecture, but the Neoclassical movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes. The development of archaeology and published accurate records of surviving classical buildings was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture. In many countries, there was an initial wave essentially drawing on Roman architecture, followed, from about the start of the 19th century, by a second wave of Greek Revival architec ...
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