Sunday, January 3, 2010

Frederik's Church, Copenhagen, Denmark


Denmark-3, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Frederik's Church, popularly known as The Marble Church is a church in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The church was designed by the architect Nicolai Eigtved in 1740 and was along with the rest of Frederiksstaden, a district of Copenhagen, intended to commemorate the 300 years jubilee of the first coronation of a member of the House of Oldenburg.
Frederik's Church has the largest church dome in Scandinavia with a span of 31m. The dome rests on 12 columns. The inspiration was probably St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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