Østergade 13 is a

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building complex situated on the shopping street

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in central

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, Denmark. Originally two separate 18th-century buildings, three and four bays wide, respectively, Østergade 13 owes its current appearance to a renovation in 1856. Kunstforeningen was also based in the building from 1834 to 1854.

Architecture

Østergade 13 originates in two separate buildings. The western building was constructed prior to the

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. It was later subject to alterations in 1773. The eastern building was constructed before 1749. The two buildings were both adapted in the 1830s and finally to their present appearance in 1856. The present building is a fourwinged complex surrounding a central courtyard. The central main entrance opens to a long corridor. It features a

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with a silhouette of a grouop of people and the house number just inside the main entrance.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ostergade 13, Copenhagen Historicist architecture in Copenhagen Residential buildings completed in 1856