591173383

arch is fifteen feet high, and the whole building is 26 feet in height.

The Northern Gale. The arch of this gate is the handsomest of the four principal entrances into the Capital of Zealand; the colo- nadc facing the turnpike road is 42 feet broad, the inte­ rior of the arch is 14 feet, and the height is 2072 feet. The two sculptured figures which arc placed in niches on each side of the gate represent ’’Piety and Justice,” which were the symbols of King Christian the fifth. — uPictate & Justitiu.” The Eastern Gate is situated nearer to the North, than to the East, and no doubt can exist but in ancient times it was erected at the East end of Oslcr-Gadc; hut in 1708 under the reign of King Frederick the fourth, it was erected on the spot where it now stands. Amager Gate which io at Christianshavn is the direct road to the Is­ land of Amager; it was erected in 1618 under the reign of King Christian the fourth, and although frequently remov­ ed it was placed in its present situation in the year 1724. I have before stated that this Capital has four principal entrances, but the only gate that remains open during the