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The Geiion fou n tain at the entrance to Langellnie.

the roads and with a wide view across the blue Sound, Langelinie runs in a curve from South to North with the old venerable trees of the Ci­ tadel on one side and the pulsating life of the harbour on the other. The promenade itself is very old, bu t its pre­ sent shape is due to the esta­ blishment of the Freeport (see page 27)'. I t is laid out by Professor Dahlerup (viaducts and walls) and the inspector of public garden H. A. Flindt, who succeeded in making a landscape of the greatest beauty. The southern p a rt of L an­ gelinie begins at the E spla­ nade and ends at the via­ duct by the Gefiou Fountain, the middle p a rt runs from here past the yacht-harbour

bans Church (the English Church of Copenhagen) and stand in front of the monu­ mental fountain by the sculp­ tor Anders Bundgaard »Ge- fion ploughing out Sealand« (of Sweden) of a line and great effect, when the water ruches from the furrows, down into the big basin in front. To the rig h t a high, decorative iron gate leads to the custom house (se lioute 4). We then pass the Gefion Fountain and are standing on a viaduct at the entrance to the most beau­ tiful promenade of Copenha­ gen, the deservedly far-famed Langelinie. Langelinie. W ith an exceptional beauty of scenery, si­ tuated by the harbour and

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