CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons
Frelserskirke , Church o f our Saviour, b u ilt betw een 1 6 8 2 an d 1 6 9 4 , in C h ristian sh av n . O n the w alls o f th e tow er are fig u re s , la rg e r th an life , o f the four E vang elists. A bove this is a g allery from w hich an extern al sp ira l staircase ascends to the sum m it o f the S te e p le , 3 0 0 feet high. On the top is a globe 8 feet in diam eter, ab o v e w hich is the figure o f o u r S av io u r in copper, 10 feet in h e ig h t, holding in one h a n d a v an e as th e flag o f victory. T h e o rg an in this church is a fine in strum e n t, an d o rn am ented w ith a g re a t q u a n tity o f richly carved w ood. T h e a lta r is also handsom e, the low er p a rt com posed o f Italian m arble w ith a rep resen tatio n o f C hrist’s sufferings in the g a rd en o f G ethsem ane. T h e p u lp it is o f fine m a rb le ; and the font also o f p u re w hite m arble, v ery c h a s te , on w hich is a b eautifully scu lp tu red re p re sentation o f the B aptism o f ou r S a v io u r by St. Jo h n . In this and two or three o th er chu rch es the g allery seats are divided into boxes, giving the ap pearance m ore o f a th eatre th an a place o f w orship. Frederikskirke, also in C h ristian sh av n , erected 1756, used by the G erm an residen ts o f th a t locality. T h e German and French Reformed, Church, a sm all, old, building, the in terio r o f w hich is v e ry neat, is situate in G othersgad e. E rected in 1668.
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