Sankt Annæ Plads 10 is a Neoclassical property situated on

Sankt Annæ Plads Sankt Annæ Plads (English language, English: St. Ann's Square) is a Town square, public square which marks the border between the Nyhavn area and Frederiksstaden neighborhoods of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a long narrow rectangle which e ...

in central

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. The building fronting the square was together with three rear wings listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1964.

History

Sankt Annæ Plads 10 was built in 1785 by master builder

Andreas Hallander Andreas Hallander (13 November 1755 – 3 April 1828) was a Danish master carpenter and architect who made a significant contribution to the city of Copenhagen. Together with the buildings of Johan Martin Quist, his classically styled apartment h ...

(1755-1828). One of the first tenants was the historian and writer Tyge Rothe who was among the residents from its completion in 1785 and until his death 10 years later. Other early residents were Thomasine and Peter Andreas Heiberg who lived in one of the apartments from 1792 to 1796. The theologian Christian Bastholm (1740-1819) was a resident in 1795. City architect Jørgen Henrich Rawert (1751-1823) was a resident in 1795–96. He was at the same time building the property at

Sankt Annæ Plads 5 Sankt Annæ Plads 5 is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property constructed in 1796 by city builder Jørgen Henrich Rawert for his own use on the north side of Sankt Annæ Plads in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was a few yea ...

on the other side of the square to which he moved on its completion in 1796. The painter C. W. Eckersberg (1783-1853) and the painter and mechanician Henrik Plötz (1747-1830) shared a dwelling in the building in 1816–17. Eckersberg had just returned to Denmark from a journey to France and Italy. The Italian-born opera singer Giuseppe Siboni was a resident in the building when he founded the Royal Danish Music Academy in 1827. The goldsmith and foundry owner

Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff (11 November 1800 - 2 March 1890) was a Danish goldsmith and industrialist. Early life and education Dalhoff was born on 11 November 1800 in Ønslev on Falster, the son of Peder Dalhoff (1757-1827) and Anna Margrethe Pl ...

's workshop was from 1826 to 1841 located in one of the rear wings. His visitors included the sculptor

Bertel Thorvaldsen Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (; sometimes given as Thorwaldsen; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danes, Danish-Icelanders, Icelandic Sculpture, sculptor and medallist, medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–183 ...

. The diplomat and politician Holger Christian Reedtz was a resident from 1836 to 1842. The painter

Viggo Johansen Viggo Johansen (3 January 1851 – 18 December 1935) was a Danish painter and active member of the group of Skagen Painters who met every summer in the north of Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische H ...

lived in an apartment on the first floor from 1922 to 1923.

Architecture

The building fronting the street is eight bays wide and was heightened by one floor in 1865. The western side wing is from 1856. The two-storey eastern side wing—eight bays long and five storeys tall—is from 1873. At the bottom of the small courtyard is a small single-storey exhibition building from 1875 known as Templet (The Temple). The central main entrance is flanked by

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s. On each side is a large, arched

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Gallery

File:Sankt Annæ Plads 10B - 02.jpg, The western side wing File:Sankt Annæ Plads 10V (Copenhagen).jpg, The eastern side wing File:Templet ((Sankt Annæ Plads 10) 02.jpg, The rear wing

References

{{reflist Andreas Hallander buildings Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen Neoclassical architecture in Copenhagen