Ørstedsparken
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Ørstedsparken is the name of a park in Copenhagen . The 6.5 hectare park was created by landscape gardener Hans Christian Flindt from 1876 to 1879 and forms part of the Copenhagen ramparts .
history
The park is - like Tivoli , Botanisk Have and Østre Anlæg - a green area that was created in the course of the (partial) softening of Copenhagen in the second half of the 19th century. It shows this origin through the incorporation of former bastions and through a lake that traces the course of the old city moat . The complex has been a favorite meeting place for the Copenhagen gay scene since its inception.
layout
Ørstedsparken is designed as an English landscape garden and is enriched by numerous monuments and sculptures. It contains a monumental memorial to the naturalist Hans Christian Ørsted , after whom he is named. Other monuments remember Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860), a brother of the naturalist who gained fame as a lawyer and politician; further to Niels Lauritz Hvidt (1777–1856), politician and shipowner. The memorial sculpture for the school founder and women's rights activist Natalie Zahle (1828–1913) and the one for Bertel Thorwaldsen are more recent . In addition, the park is decorated with numerous copies of ancient masterpieces, such as the Dying Gaul and Apollo of Belvedere .
Individual evidence
- ↑ size according to Internationella stadsbyggnadsutställingen, 1923
- ↑ Pernille Stensgaard, Anne Prytz Schaldemose: Copenhagen: People and Places 2005, p. 126
