Copenhagen Latin Quarter History

The Round Tower is a thirty-five-meter-tall masonry cylinder characterized by a continuous, hollow core around which a wide, helical ramp winds seven and a half times toward the summit. Commissioned by King Christian the Fourth and…

Regensen is identified by its long, red brick walls and the arcades that line the street across from the Round Tower. This site, officially named Collegium Domus Regiæ, has functioned as a residential college for students since it was…

Gråbrødretorv, or Greyfriars Square, is defined by its colorful, low-rise townhouses and the large, aging plane tree that stands at its center. This square takes its name from a Franciscan friary established here in twelve thirty-eight,…

The Old University Library on Fiolstræde is defined by its massive, red-brick façade, an architectural choice that signaled a shift in Danish design when the building opened in eighteen sixty-one. Designed by Johan Daniel Herholdt after he…

Frue Plads, or the Square of Our Lady, is defined by the slate tile and cobblestone pavement that stretches between the University of Copenhagen’s main building and the Church of Our Lady. This open rectangular space occupies what was once…

The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen's cathedral, is marked by a voluminous square tower that rises above the surrounding neighborhood with a distinct, abrupt top crowned by a simple gold-plated cross. While the current neoclassical building…

The main building of the University of Copenhagen at Frue Plads is marked by its distinct seven-gabled neoclassical façade. It was designed by the city architect Peder Malling and inaugurated in eighteen thirty-six. This building rose from…

Sankt Petri Kirke is identifiable by the tall, copper-clad spire that rises above its mid-fifteenth-century nave and choir. As the oldest surviving church in central Copenhagen, the building has endured centuries of transformation.…