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— on K ongcns Nytorv. clock, called »IIovedvagts- uret«, because the building is situated at the site, where the old main-guard-house had its place. The big building next to this w ith y>Elelc- tra« (by Stephan Sinding) above the frontispiece, belongs to Great Northern Telegraph Company and Privatbanken, who has a branch-office on the corner. Cooks Tourists Agen cy has its office at the other end of the building (see chap ter 5). The corner of Gothersgade and St. Kongehsgade is occu pied by the front of hotel Cosmopolite (see chapter 14). On the opposite side of the square is the building of the insurance-company »8kandi- naviaa, (Marmorhuset — the Marble-House) and next to
• Map 2 »PIesten« - The Horse j been replaced by ltaadhus- j pladsen (Town-Hall Square), i I t is the largest Square in i Copenhagen, covering three hectares, irregular of form and having no less than 13 streets em anating from it, among which are Ostergade, Gothersgade, St. Kongensga- de, Bredgade, Nyhavn, Tor- denskjoldsgade og Holmens Kanal. In the middle, beauti fully surrounded by big trees and fine flowerbeds stands the equestrian statue of K ing C hristian V (generally) called »IIesten« — The Horse, made by the French sculptor 1 'A- moureux in 1G88. Coming into the square from 0stergade the hotel d’Anyleterre is to the left (see chapter 14). Next to this is a corner building with a
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