Copenhagen Central Post Building (

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: Centralpostbygningen), located on Tietgensgade, just behind the

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, in the Vesterbro district of

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, was originally built as a new headquarters for the Danish Post and Telegraph Company and now houses Villa Copenhagen, new luxury hotel planned to open April 2020. The building was designed in Neo-Baroque style by

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, who also designed the Central Station, and completed in 1912.

History

The Danish Mail Services traces its history back to 1624 and it was based in Mail Building in

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from 1779. When those premises became too small, in about 1900, it was decided to build a new headquarters next to the new Central Railway Station and not far from the new

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which was completed in 1905. Chief architect of the

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, who had also designed the new central station, was charged with the commission and the new central post building was constructed from 1898 to 1812.

Architecture

The Central Post Building is designed in

Neo-Baroque style The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th century. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptur ...

, one among several styles which, as a reaction to the dominance of

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, won popularity in the beginning of the 20th century in Denmark.

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