rundetårn Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/rundetarn Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:23:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Copenhagen Map Tourist Attractions http://travelsfinders.com/copenhagen-map-tourist-attractions-3.html http://travelsfinders.com/copenhagen-map-tourist-attractions-3.html#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:56:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=228910 HISTORY. First mentioned in 1043 under the name of Havn, after the building ofthe Slotsholmen fortress by Bishop Absalon of Roskilde (remains still visible under Christiansborg), the settlement rapidly developed into a considerable trading town. King Christopher of Bavaria made Copenhagen his capital and royal residence in 1445, and under the popular King Christian IV (1 588-1 648) the town acquired handsome new buildings and stronger fortifications. Its walls withstood attacks by the Swedes in 1 658 and 1659, by Anglo-Dutch and Swedish fleets in 1700 and by the British in 1 801 and 1809 (bombardment of Copenhagen), but were

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