Copenhagen Latin Quarter History

The Round Tower rises above the Copenhagen skyline as a red-brick cylinder with a wide, spiraling ramp winding inside instead of stairs. King Christian the Fourth ordered its construction in the seventeenth century to serve as an…

The four-story building with a circular courtyard and a tall, ancient linden tree in its center is Regensen. King Christian the Fourth founded this dormitory in sixteen twenty-three to provide free housing for poor students attending the…

Gråbrødretorv features a central fountain surrounded by linden trees and colorful, seventeenth-century row houses that stand apart from the city's modern traffic. It occupies the site of a Franciscan monastery burned during the Great Fire…

The Old University Library on Fiolstraede is defined by the red brick facade and the heavy iron gate adorned with a golden owl, the traditional symbol of knowledge. Architect Johan Daniel Herholdt designed this building in the eighteen…

Frue Plads features a cobblestone surface framed by the yellow brick facade of the University of Copenhagen’s main building. Since the nineteenth century, the square has served as the academic heart of the city. During the bombardment of…

The Church of Our Lady is defined by the twelve massive, white plaster statues of the apostles that line the nave, standing watch over the white marble baptismal font shaped like a kneeling angel. This is the cathedral of the Church of…

The main building of the University of Copenhagen dominates Frue Plads with a heavy, neoclassical facade featuring a wide, arched entrance and rows of uniform windows. King Christian the First founded the institution in fourteen…

Sankt Petri Kirke stands apart with a brick tower that wears a pointed copper spire, rising above the surrounding buildings in the heart of Copenhagen. This is the oldest church in the city center, dating back to the early fifteenth…