Frederiksgade is a street in the

Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V of Denmark, Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe and was in ...

neighbourhood of central

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. It runs east from

Store Kongensgade Store Kongensgade ( lit. English. Great King's Street) is the longest street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends northeast from Kongens Nytorv to Esplanaden, running parallel to Bredgade, where it breaks left, continuing northwest to Grø ...

Toldbodgade Toldbodgade ( lit. "Custom House Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends north from Nyhavn at the Nyhavn Bridge, continuing Holberggade, passes Sankt Annæ Plads after just one block, and continues straight until it reaches ...

on the waterfront, passing the Marble Church, Bredgade and

Amaliegade Amaliegade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which makes up the longer of the two axes on which the Rococo district Frederiksstaden is centred. Amaliegade extends from Sankt Annæ Plads to Esplanaden, passing through the central plaza ...

on the way. At the Marble Church the street splits and curves around both sides of the church before rejoining on its other side.

Amalienborg axis

The section from the Marble Church to the waterfront makes up the so-called ''Amalienborg axis'', the shorther but more prominent of the two axes on which the Frederiksstaden district is centred. At the central plaza of

Amalienborg Palace Amalienborg () is the official residence for the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Queen Magrethe ll lives here in winter and autumn. It consists of four identical classical palace façades with rococo interiors arou ...

, Frederiksgade intersects

, the other, longer axis of the district. Jacques Saly's equestrian statue of

Frederick V Frederick V or Friedrich V may refer to: * Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164–1170) *Frederick V, Count of Zollern (d.1289) *Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (c. 1333–1398), German noble *Frederick V of Austria (1415–1493), or Frederick III ...

, in the centre of the plaza, is located directly on the intersection of the intersection of the two axes and looks towards the dome of the Marble Church. In modern times, the Amalienborg Axis has been extended and reinterpreted. In 1983 the small Amalie Garden was inaugurated on a site between Amalienborg Palace and the water. Its large central fountain sits directly on the axis. With construction of the

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between 2001 and 2004 on the island of Holmen the axis has been extended across the harbour. Both projects have been conceived and financed by the A.P. Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation and have caused considerable controversy.

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