Palægade (literally "Mansion Street") is a street located close to

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in central

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. It runs from

Bredgade Bredgade (literal translation, lit. "Broad Street") is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden, Copenhagen, Esplanaden ...

in the east to

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in the west.

History

Palægade is one of the youngest streets in central Copenhagen. It takes its name after Palæhaven, an entertainment venue which had been established in the former garden of the Thott Mansion on Kongens Nytorv in the second half of the 19th century. It was entered through a gate in a building on Bredgade. Palægade was established in the 1870s.

Notable buildings and residents

The street is built over with four large properties all of which have been designed in the

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style with ample use of decorative elements and

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s. The two buildings on the corners with Bredgade were designed by Emil Blichfeldt on collaboration with Gotfred Tvede. Built in 1899–1900, No. 1–3 has granite rustication on the ground floor and the corner is tipped by a small spire. The building at the opposite corner (No. 2–4) is from 1800–02. A stucco dragon above the door at the corner carries a round turnet tipped by a copper spire. Small dragons also flank the other doors in the building. The two buildings in the Store Kongensgade end of the street were designed by Philip Smidth. The Galleri Jules Julian art gallery is located at No. 7.

Image gallery

Image:Palægade 1-3 - Bredgade 3.jpg, No. 1 Image:Bredgade 15, Kbh 2011.jpg, Palægade 2–4 Image:Palægade 2 - corner decorations.jpg, Close-up of the dragon on No. 2 Image:Palægade 2 - dragons - .jpg, Two dragons guarding the door at No. 2

References

External links

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