Copenhagen City Hall Square by night 1960s postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Copenhagen City Hall Square by night
• Publisher:  Gronlunds Forlag, Kobenhavn
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Copenhagen City Hall (Danish: Københavns Rådhus) is the headquarters of the Minicipal Council as well as the Lord mayor of the City of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building is situated on the The City Hall Square in central Copenhagen.

The current building was inaugurated in 1905. It was designed by the architect Martin Nyrop in the National Romantic style but with inspiration from the Siena City Hall. It is dominated by its richly ornamented front, rhe gilded statue of Absalon just above the balcony and the tall, slim clock tower. The latter is at 105.6 metres one of the tallest buildings in the generally low city of Copenhagen.^[1]

In addition to the tower clock, the City Hall also houses Jens Olsen's World Clock.

The current city hall was designed by architect Martin Nyrop and the design for the building was inspired by the city hall of Siena, Italy. Construction began in 1892 and the hall was opened on September 12, 1905.^[2]

Before the city hall moved to its present location, it was situated at Gammeltorv/Nytorv. The first city hall was in use from about 1479 until it burned down in the great Copenhagen fire of 1728.

The second city hall was built in 1728 and was designed by J.C. Ernst and J.C. Krieger. It burned down in the Copenhagen fire of 1795.

It was not until 1815 that a new city hall erected on Nytorv. It was intended to house both the city hall and a court. Today it is still in use as the city court of Copenhagen.