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The 1901 mock-up. A monument featuring a lur blower on the new City Hall Square was first proposed by Lorenz Frølich in circa 1890. [1] Martin Nyrop, who had designed the new Copenhagen City Hall, adopted the idea and originally envisioned two columns flanking the entrance to the City Hall Square from Vesterbrogade, each topped by a Heimdallr figure with a gjallarhorn.
Statues in Copenhagen (4 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Copenhagen" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Statues in Copenhagen (4 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Outdoor sculptures in Copenhagen" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Statues of women in Copenhagen (9 P) Pages in category "Statues in Copenhagen" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Copenhagen [6] (Danish: København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area. [7] [8] The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait.
The Gefion fountain. The fountain depicts the mythical story of the creation of the island of Zealand on which Copenhagen is located. The legend appears in Ragnarsdrápa, a 9th-century Skaldic poem recorded in the 13th century Prose Edda, and in Ynglinga saga as recorded in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Heimskringla.
A statue honoring civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis was unveiled Saturday outside of Atlanta, replacing a Confederate monument that had stood there for more than a century.
John Prior Lewis (March 18, 1921 – May 26, 2010) was an American academic and presidential advisor who was a strong advocate of aid to help build developing countries as a matter of foreign policy. Lewis was born on March 18, 1921, in Albany, New York. He was raised in Hudson Falls, New York and earned his undergraduate degree from Union College.