Palægade Explained

Palægade
Location:Indre By, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postal Code:1261
Length M:149
Metro:Kongens Nytorv
Coordinates:55.6819°N 12.5871°W

Palægade (literally "Mansion Street") is a street located close to Kongens Nytorv in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Bredgade in the east to Store Kongensgade in the west.

History

Palægade is one of the youngest streets in central Copenhagen. It takes its name after Palæhaven, an entertainment venue which had been established in the former garden of the Thott Mansion on Kongens Nytorv in the second half of the 19th century. It was entered through a gate in a building on Bredgade. Palægade was established in the 1870s.[1]

Notable buildings and residents

The street is built over with four large properties all of which have been designed in the Historicist style with ample use of decorative elements and bay windows. The two buildings on the corners with Bredgade were designed by Emil Blichfeldt on collaboration with Gotfred Tvede. Built in 1899-1900, No. 1 - 3 has granite rustication on the ground floor and the corner is tipped by a small spire.[2] The building at the opposite corner (No. 2 - 4) is from 1800 - 02. A stucco dragon above the door at the corner carries a round turnet tipped by a copper spire. Small dragons also flank the other doors in the building.[3] The two buildings in the Store Kongensgade end of the street were designed by Philip Smidth.

The Galleri Jules Julian art gallery is located at No. 7.[4]

External links

55.6819°N 12.5871°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palægade. Danish. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 17 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Palægade 1-3/Bredgade 3. Danish. indenforvoldene.dkaccessdate=17 April 2016.
  3. Web site: Palægade 2-4. Danish. indenforvoldene.dk. 17 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Se tidens mest hippe popart-kunstner i Palægade. Danish. AOK. 17 April 2016.