Church of Our Saviour Copenhagen Denmark Denmark
Called the King s Church because it is the Danish absolute monarchy s first monument and because Christian V King by the Grace of God had his initials his picture and his symbols engraved at the entrance in the ceiling in the organ case and the altar Also called Grundvig s Church because the Danish clergyman and poet was the pastor here Grundvig helped create the framework for democracy in Denmark as a member of the Parliament Also called the People s Church because the motley population of Christianshavn has been passing through these gates for more than 300 years Built of red brick and sandstone between 1682 and 1696 by was the Dutch Norwegian architect Lambert van Haven The spire consecrated in 1752 and restored in 1991 97 was designed by Danish architect Laurids de Thurah who was inspired by the spiral shaped stone lanterns on the Jesuit Church of Sant Ivo alla Sapienza in Rome The spire consists of an external staircase that twists round four times starting at the vergers walk At the top 90 metres high stands a gilded globe Acces to the spire is via 400 steps of which 150 are outside A popular but untrue legend made famous by the 1996 film Himmelstigen Ladder to Heaven by the Danish director Nils Vest says that de Thurah committed suicide by jumping off the tower supposedly because the tower winds to the right The tower contains two historic bells one taken from Sweden as booty in the Scanian War
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