CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons
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T h e tow er is open to the public on W ed n esd ay s
and S atu rdays from 12— 1.
In the C h u rch y ard is a sim ple tom b to the A R unic m onum ent o f v ery ancient date stands n e ar the sacristy. Hclliggeisteskirke, or Church o f the Holg Ghost , is in V innnelskaftet. In th is chu rch is a p a in tin g , by Adam M u ller, o f L u th e r b efore th e D iet a t W orm s. Slotskirke 3 or Palace Church , adjoins the P alace o f C hristiansborg, and is adorned by sev eral w orks o f T h orvaldsen and B issen. Holmenskirhe, Holm or Island Church , on the H olm ens C an al, was built by C hristian IV . as a place o f w orship for the N avy. It is o rn a m ented by richly carved oak-w ood. In th e chapel lie the rem ains o f D enm ark ’s tw o g reatest N aval heroes, Niels Juul and Peter Tordenskjold. T h e initials — R. P . P . — over the clock are tho se o f K ing C hristian’s m otto — Regna firmat Pietas. m em ory o f the p o e t, Jo h a n n e s Ew ald.
Garnisonskirke, Garrison Church, b u ilt in
1704, chiefly for the use o f the M ilitary.
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