St. Mark's Church (

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: ''Sankt Markus Kirke'') is a church at the end of Julius Thomsens Plads in the

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district of

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History

The church was built from 1900 to 1902 to the design of

Carl Lendorf Carl William Frederik Lendorf (13 December 1839 - 29 September 1918) was a Danish architect and historicist who worked primarily in Odense. He also designed Copenhagen's 1898 St Thomas' Church. Biography He was born in 1839 in Copenhagen, the son ...

. It was consecrated on 9 November 1902 at a ceremony attended by Bishop Kultus Minister J. C. Christensen. The area was still quite undeveloped on its completion but the surrounding buildings were built from 1903 to 1904 according to a symmetrical plan by Andreas Clemmensen.

Architecture

The church is a cruciform church built in red brick with inspiration from

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and

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. Over the main portal there is a mosaic by Oscar Willerup depicting

Saint Mark the Evangelist Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...

with a

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and a winged lion, his symbol.

In popular culture

The church is used as a location in the 2003 comedy '' Se til venstre, der er en svensker''.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mark's Church, Copenhagen Churches completed in 1902 Churches in the Diocese of Copenhagen Lutheran churches in Copenhagen 20th-century Church of Denmark churches

History

Architecture

In popular culture

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