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Alhambravej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Frederiksberg Allé in the south to Gammel Kongevej in the north, linking Kingogade with H. C. Ørstedsvej. The street takes its name after Alhambra, a now demolished 19th-century entertainment complex which was located on its east side.
Alhambra was a large entertainment-complex, built in 1857 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was designed by the army-officer Georg Carstensen (1812–1857), who also was one of the developers of the Tivoli Gardens. Following a disagreement with others in the Tivoli Gardens management, Carstensen travelled to the Danish West Indies and joined the army ...
The Alhambra complex. Further down the street. Georg Carstensen, after leaving Tivoli Gardens which he had founded in 1843, opened a large entertainment complex in Moorish style named Alhambra in 1857. It contained the largest concert hall in Copenhagen which seated 2,000. It was never a success and the buildings were torn down in 1870.
The plaza seen in the bottom right corner on a map detail from 1772. Sankt Thomas Plads traces its history back to the years between 1700 and 1704 when Frederiksberg Allé was established as the king’s private drive leading to the gardens at Frederiksberg Palace, the new royal summer retreat outside Copenhagen.
The history of Frederiksberg goes back to 2 June 1651 when King Frederik III gave 20 Danish-Dutch peasants the rights to settle at Allégade (from the words allé (tree-lined street) and gade (street)), and founded the town then named "Ny Amager" (New Amager) or "Ny Hollænderby" (New Dutchman-town). Farming was not very successful, and in 1697 ...
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The museum is based on the private collection of Ida and Bent From, who were central figures of the Danish revue scene from the early 1960s for almost four decades. Originally named Morskabs-museet (English: The Amusement Museum), it opened in 1993 in the Kavalérfløjen, the Royal Danish Horticultural Society's Garden. It changed its name and ...
Allégade (lit. "Avenue Street") is the oldest street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark.It runs from Frederiksberg Runddel to Frederiksberg Town Hall Square, along the east side of Frederiksberg Gardens, connecting Pile Allé to Falkoner Allé.