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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.
Christus is an 1833 white Carrara marble statue of the resurrected Jesus by Bertel Thorvaldsen located in the Church of Our Lady, an Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was commissioned as part of a larger group, which includes 11 of the original 12 apostles and Paul the Apostle (instead of Judas Iscariot ).
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Copenhagen" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Equestrian statue of Christian IX, Copenhagen;
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Image Title / individual commemorated Location Sculptor Created Installed Source Peter Christian Abildgaard: UCPH Frederiksberg Campus: August Hassel
Agnete and the Merman is a group of bronze sculptures in Copenhagen, Denmark, located underwater in the Slotsholm Canal next to the Højbro Bridge. It has been referred to as one of the least-known works of art in Copenhagen. [1] The sculptures were made in 1992 by the Danish sculptor, photographer, and author, Suste Bonnen. [2]
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.
It is situated on the Frue Plads public square in central Copenhagen, next to the historic main building of the University of Copenhagen. [ 1 ] The present-day version of the church was designed by the architect Christian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845) in the Neoclassical style and was completed in 1829.