CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons_A

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.

Universitetsbygningen } The University Build­ ing j is situate on the no rth side o f F ru e k irk e r and on the sam e unfinished plot o f ground. T h e p re sen t stru ctu re w as finished in 1 836 . Its length is 2 2 0 ft., and a t each end o f the building is a carriag e entrance. In the centre p a rt of the building is the m ain entrance and v e stib u le , to the left an d rig h t o f w hich are the L ecture room s. O ver th e p o rtal is an E agle looking u p w a rd s, w ith the in­ sc rip tio n : "C æ lestem adspicit lucem .” T h e v estib u ler or entrance hall, is being ado rned w ith fine fresco- paintings from the pencil o f C onstantine H a n se n ; a c o rrid or on eith er side leads to the lecture room s, and at the fu rth er end o f the vestibule is the Solennitetssal, (answ ering in som e respects to the T h ea tre or S enate H ouse o f the E nglish U niversities) a larg e and lofty ap artm e n t w ith a g allery extending all round. A staircase on either side of the vestib ule conducts to a floor above, w here th ere are ad d ition al lecture room s.