MONUMENTS OF DENMARK

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MONUMENTS OF DENMARK

• Made by
• Anna Marczewska
• Martyna Waleskiewcz

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A statue of the Little Mermaid
A statue of the Little Mermaid sits on a rock in
the Copenhagen harbor in Churchill Park. This
small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon
and a major tourist attraction. The statue was
commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the
founder of Carlsberg, after he had been
fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale. The
sculptor Edward Eriksen created the statue, which
was unveiled on 23 August 1913.
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Christiania
Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania
(Danish Fristaden Christiania, Faroese
Frístaðurin Christiania) is a partially
self-governing neighbourhood of about 850
residents, covering 34 hectares (85 acres) in the
borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital
Copenhagen. Christiania has established
semi-legal status as an independent community,
but has been a source of controversy since its
creation in a squatted military area in 1971. Its
open cannabis trade was tolerated by authorities
until 2004. Since then, measures for normalising
the legal status of the community have led to
conflicts, and negotiations are ongoing.
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Christiansborg Palace
Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in central
Copenhagen is the house of Denmark's three
supreme powers the executive power, the
legislative power, and the judicial power. It is
the only building in the world which is the home
of all a nation's three supreme powers.
Christiansborg Palace is owned by the Danish
state, and is run by the Palaces and Properties
Agency. The palace today bears witness to three
eras of Danish architecture, as the result of two
serious fires. The first fire occurred in 1794
and the second in 1884. The main part of the
current palace, built in 1928, is in the
historicist Neo-baroque style. The chapel dates
to the 1800s and is in a neoclassical style. The
showgrounds date were built in the eighteenth
century in a baroque style.
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The Church of Holmen
The Church of Holmen (Danish Holmens Kirke) is a
church in central Copenhagen on the street called
Holmens Kanal. It is a military church famous for
having hosted the wedding between crown princess
Margrethe (the current queen of Denmark) and
prince Henrik in 1967. It is the burial site of
such notabilities as naval heroes Niels Juel and
Peter Tordenskjold, and composer Niels Wilhelm
Gade, and contains artwork by, among others,
Bertel Thorvaldsen and Karel van Mander.
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The Copenhagen Opera House
The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually
called Operaen) is the national opera house of
Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses
in the world. It is also one of the most
expensive opera houses ever built with
construction costs well over 500 million dollars.
It is located on the island of Holmen in the
center of Copenhagen.
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Denmark's national gallery
Denmark's national gallery - (Danish Statens
Museum for Kunst) is the Danish national art
museum situated in Copenhagen. The museum
contains collections of art dating from the
twelfth century. In the older European and Danish
collections there are represantations by
Mantegna, Titian, Tintoretto, Breugel, Rubens,
Frans Hals and Rembrandt. The modern collection
comprises work by Picasso, Braque, Leger,
Matisse, Modigliani and Emil Nolde. Also Danish
painters are richly represented with the styles
of C.W. Eckersberg, Oluf Høst, Edward Weihe, Olaf
Rude and Haral Giersing.
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The Great Belt Fixed Link
The Great Belt Fixed Link is the fixed link
across the strait called the Great Belt
(Storebælt), connecting the Danish towns of
Korsør and Nyborg on the islands of Zealand
(Sjælland) and Fyn. It is also a big turist
attraction.
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Kastellet
Kastellet, located in Copenhagen, Denmark is one
of the best preserved fortifications in Northern
Europe. It is constructed in the form of a
pentagram. The five bastions are named as
follows The Kings Bastion (Kongens Bastion),
The Queens Bastion (Dronningens Bastion), The
Counts Bastion (Grevens Bastion), the Princesss
Bastion (Prinsessens Bastion) and the Princes
Bastion (Prinsens Bastion). Kastellet has its own
church, as well as a windmill.
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The Amalienborg Palace
Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the
Danish royal family, and is located in
Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four
identical classicizing palace façades with rococo
interiors around an octagonal courtyard in the
center of the square is a monumental equestrian
statue of Amalienborg's founder, King Frederik
V. Amalienborg was originally built for four
noble families however, when Christiansborg
Castle burnt down on February 26, 1794, the royal
family bought the palaces and moved in. Over the
years various kings and their families have
resided in the four different palaces.
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The Rosenborg Castle
Rosenborg Castle is a small castle situated at
the centre of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. The
castle was originally built as a country
summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of
Christian IV's many architectural projects. It
was built in the Dutch Renaissance style, typical
of Danish buildings during this period, and has
been expanded several times, finally evolving
into its present condition by the year 1624.
Architects Bertel Lange and Hans van Steenwinckel
are associated with the structural planning of
the castle. The castle was used by Danish regents
as a royal residence until around 1710.
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Legoland Billund

• Legoland Billund, the original Legoland park,
  opened in 1968 in Billund, Denmark. It has many
  visitors and is next to the original lego
  factory. The Dragon is their oldest coaster, and
  miniland is a symbol of the country. 
• Worlds
• Duplo Land
• Imagination Zone
• Legoredo Town
• Adventure Land
• Miniland
• Pirate Land
• Lego City
• Knights' Kingdom

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The Kronborg Castle
Kronborg Castle (Danish Kronborg Slot) is
situated near the town of Helsingør (immortalised
as Elsinore in Shakespeare's Hamlet) on the
extreme tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of
the Oresund, the sound between Denmark and
Sweden. In this part, the sound is only 4 km
wide, hence the strategic importance of
maintaining a fortress at this location. The
castle has for centuries been one of the most
important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe
and was added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites
list on November 30, 2000.
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The Jelling stones
The Jelling stones are massive carved Rune stones
from the 10th century, found at the town of
Jelling in Denmark. The older of the two Jelling
stones was raised by King Gorm the Old in memory
of his wife Thyra. King Gorm was the first king
of all of Denmark. The runic inscriptions on
these stones are considered the most well known
in Denmark. The larger of the two stones was
raised by King Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth in
memory of his parents, celebrating his conquest
of Denmark and Norway, and his conversion of the
Danes to Christianity. The stones lie in a
Jelling churchyard between two large mounds. They
represent the transitional period between the
indigenous Norse paganism and the process of
Christianization in Denmark. The stones are
strongly identified with the creation of Denmark
as a nation state. It is added to UNESCO list.
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The Roskilde Cathedral
Roskilde Cathedral (Danish Roskilde Domkirke),
in the city of Roskilde on the Island of Zealand
(Sjælland) in eastern Denmark, was the first
Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its
construction encouraged the spread of this Brick
Gothic style throughout Northern Europe. It was
built during the 12th and 13th centuries, and
incorporates both Gothic and Romanesque
architectural features in its design. It was the
only cathedral in Zealand until the 20th century.
The cathedral's twin spires dominate the skyline
of the town. Roskilde Cathedral has been the main
burial site for Danish monarchs since the 15th
century.
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Fyn Zealand
Fyn (also known as Funen), with a size of 2,984
km² (1152 sq. miles), is the third-largest island
of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy,
and the 163rd largest island of the world. Fyn is
located in the central part of the country and
has a population of 447,000 people (2006). The
main city is Odense, connected to the sea by
canal, though this canal is now seldom used. The
city's shipyard Odense Steel Shipyard has been
relocated outside of Odense proper.
Zealand (Danish Sjælland) is the largest island
(7,031 km²) of Denmark (excluding Greenland,
which is a Danish territory) and the 95th largest
island in the world. Zealand is connected to
Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by
the Øresund Bridge.The capital of Denmark,
Copenhagen, is partly located on the eastern
shore of Zealand and partly on Amager. Other
cities on the island include Roskilde and
Elsinore.
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THE END Monuments of Denmark Plan of the trip
to Denmark Made by Ania Marczewska Martyna
Waleskiewocz SOURCES www.dania.modos.pl www.wiki
pedia.com www.visitdenmark.com