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13 trees and flowers an equestrian statue of King Christian V modelled by the French sculptor L’Amoureux and erected in 1688. The socle is adorned by allegoric figures. The little decorative monument is popularly called »IIesten«. On the corner of Oslergade is Hot el d ' An g l e t e r r e (No. 34); next to that »Hovedvagtsuret«, deriving its name from its tower-clock, then No.’s 26 and 28, the property of »Store nordiske Telegrafselskab* (between Ny Adelgade and Gothersgade), adorned on the top with »Electra« by Ste­ phan Sinding. On the North side of the square stands »Marmorhuset«, built by the Standard Life Insurance Com­ pany. At the corner of Bredgade stands Thotts Palais, built by Niels Juel. On the eastern side (by Nyhavn, the common name for that branch of the harbour extending up to the centre of the city and for the streets on both sides of it) stands C h a r l o t t c n b o r g , erected by Ulrik Fredei’ik Gyldenlove. The palace is built of stones from Kalo in Jutland. In 1700 it was sold by Gyldenlove to Charlotte Amalie, from whom it takes its name. For a short time only it was the residence of Royalty; later it has been the home of a number of institutions; now it is a school of art and the seat of the Royal Academy (the library of the academy see newspapers). From Kongens Nytorv or Nyhavn a gate leads to the newly built Ku n s t u d sti l l i n g s b y g n i n g (art exhibition building). On the ground floor the collection of castings (admission see newspapers) to the right those from the antique, to the left those from the renaissance (catalogue at entrance). The collections may especially be recom­ mended to such as have had no opportunity of seing collections of this kind elsewhere. On the first floor the annual spring exhibition is held. In the south-east part ot Kongens Nytorv stands the R o y a l T h e a t r e , erected on the.site of the old Theatre Royal in 1872— 74 from drawings by Prof.'s Dahlerup and Ove Petersen, and opened on the 15. Oct. 1874. At the main-entrance are statues of Holberg (modelled by Stein) and Oehlenschliiger (modelled by H. V. Bissen), over the