A large part of the Copenhagen city centre we know today came into being during the Golden Age.
Christiansborg Palace burned down in 1794, while large parts of the city centre, including the area around Nikolaj Kirke, St. Nicholas’ Church, were destroyed by fire in 1795. In 1807, the bombardment by the English furthermore laid the entire district around the Cathedral in ruins. When rebuilding started, it was the then fashionable neo-classical architecture that dominated the picture.
Neo-classicism was an international idiom deriving its inspiration from the monumental Greek and Roman buildings of antiquity. The characteristic features of the architecture were clarity, a sense of proportion and a moderation that formed a contrast to the ornate baroque and sumptuous rococo. Neo-classicism arrived in Denmark shortly after the middle of the 18th century with the French architect N.H. Jardin, and his successor as Court Architect and Professor at the Academy in Charlottenborg, C.F. Harsdorff, continued the style at the end of the century.
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