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Copenhagen is one of only three Danish municipalities which do not belong to any of the Counties of Denmark— the others are Frederiksberg and Bornholm. The municipality covers an area of 88 km², and has a total population of 502,362 (2005). Lord Mayor of Copenhagen is Lars Engberg, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who is head of the Finance Committee. Other mayors are Martin Geertsen (Cultural and Recreational Committee), Per Bregengaard (Education and Youth Committee), Inger Marie Bruun ...

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Location in Denmark  - City  - Metropolitan  - Density (city/met) 502,362 1,212,485 5700/km² / 1930/km² Longitude 12°34' E Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. With its population of 1,823,109 inhabitants it is the largest city in both Denmark and Scandinavia. It is also the name of a county in Denmark, Copenhagen ...

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Mainland China and Hong Kong Palace Museum, Beijing National Museum of China, Beijing Natural Museum, Beijing Luoyang Museum, Luoyang Nanjing Museum, Nanjing Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an Stele Forest Museum, Xi'an See also: Museums in Hong Kong ...

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La Tène is a village near the Lake Neuchâtel, (Lac de Neuchâtel), a lake in Switzerland. It is both an archaeological site and the eponymous site for the late Iron Age La Tène culture, also spelt "Latène" or "La-Tène". In 1857, prolonged drought lowered the waters of the Neuenburger See by about 2 m. On the northernmost tip of the lake, between the river Zihl and a point south of the village of Marin-Epagnier, H. Kopp, looking for antiquities for Colonel F. Schwab, discovered several rows of wooden piles that still reached about 50 cm into the water. From am ...

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Instances of anarchist and anti-authoritarian systems of operation during periods of uprisings and revolts against authoritarian governments. Past and present anarchist communities - Israeli Kibbutz Movement. The Kibbutz movement was an outgrowth out of socialist strands of the Zionist Movement, many of which stressed Arab-Jewish cooperation. The movement revolved around anarchist principles of non-hierarchy, self-management of production, and direct democracy. The early kibbutz collectives could be seen t ...

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The palace now houses the Royal Reception Rooms, the Queen's Library, the audience chambers, the Sovereign in Council rooms, the Chapel, Parliament, the Supreme Court and the Prime Minister's Office. Christiansborg Palace - Royal Reception Rooms. The Royal Reception Rooms at Christiansborg Palace are located on the first floor, the so-called bel-étage, at the north end of the main wing and in the ...

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Main article: History of Copenhagen Copenhagen was founded around year 1000 by Sweyn I Forkbeard and his son Canute the Great (Knud den Store). It was only a fishing village until the middle of the 12th century when Havn ("Harbour"), as the town was then called, assumed increasing importance in the Danish kingdom. Around 1160 King Waldemar the Great gave control of Copenhagen to Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde. Whereas other cities in the Danish realm were under the governance of the king, Havn or Købmannehavn ...

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Indre By, Indre By - The Indre By district, Indre By - History, Indre By - Attractions

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Copenhagen is one of only three Danish municipalities which do not belong to any of the Counties of Denmark— the others are Frederiksberg and Bornholm. The municipality covers an area of 88 km², and has a total population of 502,362 (2005). Lord Mayor of Copenhagen is Ritt Bjerregaard, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who is head of the Finance Committee. Other mayors are Martin Geertsen (Cultural and Recreational Committee), Per Bregengaard (Education and Youth Committee), Inger Marie B ...

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Gundestrup cauldron - Base Plate. The round base plate is dominated by a bull. On its back is a leaping man wielding a spear, attacking it. Two dogs are also shown, one over the bull's head, and another under its hooves. Gundestrup cauldron - Exterior Plates. Each of the seven exterior plates centrally depicts a bust, probably of a deity. Plates a, b, c and d show bearded male figures, while the remaining three are female. On plate a, the beard ...

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Its formal introduction is attributed to the Dane Christian Jürgensen Thomsen in the 1820s in order to classify artefacts in the collection which later became the National Museum of Denmark. Thomsen was not the first to use tool-making materials as a basis for classifying prehistoric societies; the Frenchman Nicholas Mahudel had proposed a similar system in the early eighteenth century and the idea gathered s ...

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Christiania was founded in 1971, when a group of hippie squatters took over an area of abandoned military barracks. One of the more influential people was Jacob Ludvigsen, who published an anarchist newspaper, which widely announced the proclamation of the free town. For years the legal status of the region was in limbo, as the Danish government attempted, without success, to remove the squatters. Later, a biker gan ...

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Copenhagen was founded around year 1000 by Sweyn I Forkbeard (Svend Tveskæg) and his son Canute the Great (Knud den Store). It was only a fishing village by the name of "Havn" (harbour) until the middle of the 12th century when it grew in importance after coming into the possession of the Bishop Absalon, who fortified it in 1167. The excellent harbour encouraged Copenhagen's growth until it became an important centre of commerce (hence its name). It was repeatedly attacked by the Ha ...

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Copenhagen is located on the eastern shore of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) and partly on the island of Amager. Copenhagen faces to the east the Øresund, the strait of water that separates Denmark from Sweden, and that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. On the Swedish side of the sound directly across from Copenhagen, lie the towns of Malmö and Landskrona. 1,116,979 people live in metropolitan Copenhagen (Storkøbenhavn). Of these 502,204 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen, 91,721 in the Municipality of Frederiksberg, 68,704 in the Municipality of Gentofte and another ...

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Copenhagen has a wide variety of sport teams. Denmarks two leading Football teams reside in Copenhagen Brøndby IF and FC København football teams. They have both won the Danish Championship several times in the last ten years with Brøndby IF beeing the most successful team in Danish history winning the national championships 10 times and the cup 5 times. FC København plays in the Danish national stadium, Parken. In the second best football league plays AB, HIK, Frem, Brønshøj and Skjold. Copenhagen also has three ice hockey teams Rødovre Mighty Bulls, Herlev Hornets a ...

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Danish newspapers rank Copenhagen as one of the world's best cities in which to live, despite the high cost of living. Strøget, a pedestrian shopping street in central Copenhagen was inaugurated in 1961. Copenhagen's extensive pedestrian network has been developed over the last 40 years through the work of architect and professor Jan Gehl. The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a popular annual event that is the result of a significant jazz scene having existed for many years. It developed significantly when a number of Americ ...

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Immediately adjacent to Christiansborg Palace, located on Slotsholmen in the middle of Copenhagen's political, literary and financial area— between Christiansborg Palace (Parliament) and the Danish Royal Library— and in the immediate vicinity of the Ministry of Finance and Christian IV's old Stock Exchange Building, are the Danish Royal Library Gardens. The garden constitutes a small oasis in the heart of the city and is popular with locals and tourists all year round. Only the shallow pool in the middle of the gardens reveals tha ...

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Christiansborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace - Former palaces on the site, Christiansborg Palace - Absalon's Castle, Christiansborg Palace - Copenhagen Castle, Christiansborg Palace - The first Christiansborg, Christiansborg Palace - The second Christiansborg, Christiansborg Palace - The third Christiansborg, Christiansborg Palace - Current palace, Christiansborg Palace - Royal Reception Rooms, Christiansborg Palace - The Palace Chapel, Christiansborg Palace - The Ruins beneath Palace, Christiansborg Palace - The Riding Ground Complex, Christiansborg Palace - The Marble Bridge and the pavilions, Christiansborg Palace - King Christian IX's equestrian statue on the Riding Ground Complex, Christiansborg Palace - The Royal Library Gardens, Christiansborg Palace - The garden's history, Christiansborg Palace - Statues and sculptures, Christiansborg Palace - Vegetation, Christiansborg Palace - Visiting the palace

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A collection was started for the construction of a monument to King Christian IX shortly after his death in 1906. The following year four artists were invited to compete for the commission. There was no discussion about the position of the statue. It would be erected on Christiansborg Riding Ground Complex as a pendant to the statue of King Frederik VII on the Palace Square. Sculptor Anne Marie Carl Nielsen, the wife of composer Carl Nielsen, won the competition with her proposal for a new equestrian statue. In the proposal, the statu ...

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Christiansborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace - Former palaces on the site, Christiansborg Palace - Absalon's Castle, Christiansborg Palace - Copenhagen Castle, Christiansborg Palace - The first Christiansborg, Christiansborg Palace - The second Christiansborg, Christiansborg Palace - The third Christiansborg, Christiansborg Palace - Current palace, Christiansborg Palace - Royal Reception Rooms, Christiansborg Palace - The Palace Chapel, Christiansborg Palace - The Ruins beneath Palace, Christiansborg Palace - The Riding Ground Complex, Christiansborg Palace - The Marble Bridge and the pavilions, Christiansborg Palace - King Christian IX's equestrian statue on the Riding Ground Complex, Christiansborg Palace - The Royal Library Gardens, Christiansborg Palace - The garden's history, Christiansborg Palace - Statues and sculptures, Christiansborg Palace - Vegetation, Christiansborg Palace - Visiting the palace

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Copenhagen has a wide variety of sport teams. Denmarks two leading Football teams reside in Copenhagen Brøndby IF and FC København football teams. They have both won the Danish Championship several times in the last ten years with Brøndby IF being the most successful team in Danish history winning the national championships 10 times and the cup 5 times. FC København plays in the Danish national stadium, Parken. In the second best football league plays AB, HIK, Frem, Brønshøj and Skjold. Copenhagen also has three ice hockey teams Rødovre Mighty Bulls, Herl ...

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Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Copenhagen municipality, Copenhagen - History of Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Geography, Copenhagen - Culture, Copenhagen - Sport, Copenhagen - Cuisine, Copenhagen - Transportation, Copenhagen - Places of note in or near Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Famous Copenhageners

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Danish newspapers rank Copenhagen as one of the world's best cities in which to live, despite the high cost of living. Strøget, a pedestrian shopping street in central Copenhagen was inaugurated in 1961. Copenhagen's extensive pedestrian network has been developed over the last 40 years through the work of architect and professor Jan Gehl. The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a popular annual event that is the result of a significant jazz scene having existed for many years. It developed significantly when a number of Americ ...

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Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Copenhagen Municipality, Copenhagen - History of Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Geography, Copenhagen - Culture, Copenhagen - Sport, Copenhagen - Cuisine, Copenhagen - Transportation, Copenhagen - Places of note in or near Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Famous Copenhageners

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This district is the historic, geographic and political heart of present-day Copenhagen, and reflects the history of Denmark. Its boundaries pretty much reflect the entire city’s extent during the reign of King Christian IV (1588-1648). At the time it was a fortified city and its borders were made of defensive walls with moats. To ensure water for the moats there was a series of dams. Entry and exit to the city was through the town's four gates: Vesterport ("Western Gate") near the current Copenhagen City Hall Radhus), ...

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Indre By, Indre By - The Indre By district, Indre By - History, Indre By - Attractions

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