Ploug House
Ploug House (Danish language, Danish: ) is a Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, listed Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property on the corner of Højbro Plads and Ved Stranden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It dates from the building boom which followed after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but takes its name from the poet, publisher and politician Carl Ploug who lived there in the 1860s and 1870s and also published the newspaper Fædrelandet (1834-82), ''Fædrelandet'' from the premises''.'' History Marsvin's House Christian IV of Denmark, Christian IV's mother-in-law Ellen Marsvin constructed a large, Renaissance architecture, Renaissance style house at the site in the 17th century. The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 215 in the city's East Quarter. It was owned byPeter Weylandt at that time. It was later used for housing the Swedish military officer Magnus Stenbock during his five years in Danish captivity. The property was li ...
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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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