The Frederiks Church (The Marble Church)

To fulfill Mbah Cay's request, Apratz decided to post this. Anyway, school starts already, and Apratz's Applied Research Project still progresses slowly (but not sure though), so Apratz sends her sincerest apology for her awfully late blog updates.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, Copenhagen outgrew its medieval boundaries and the city expanded further to the north. During this time, King Christian IV was responsible for the building of (among other things) Rosenborg Castle, the Stock Exchange, the Round Tower andthe characteristic Naval Housing Complex Nyborder, all of which must be considered cultural landmarks of Copenhagen.

The Front Chapel

Although the church is built mainly from Norwegian marble (and not 'Norwegian Wood' popularized by 'The Beatles' =p), the upper parts are constructed from a number of materials, including Danish Faxe marble.

They light the candles everytime

The Swan Organ

The frescoes inside the dome represent the Apostles. Below the dome, 12 symbollic medallion can be seen (gosh, i deleted the photos coincidentally T_T). The church has two baptismal fonts. In addition to the contemporary "Swan Organ"(which recently no longer in use), the church has a modern Marcussen organ from 1963.

Statues in the frontyard

Other notable details are : the German woodcarving in the front chapel, depicting the Deposition; and the German ivory cross in the choir. The church is surrounded by many statues. Those at street level depict a number of well known figures from the Danish church. The statues on the roof terrace are important figures from church history in general and span from Moses to Marthin Luther. The function of the Marble Church is that of a regular parish church and it is part of the Danish State Church, namely an Evangelical-Lutheran Church. Although its official name is the Frederik's Church, among Copenhageners it always bears the name connected with its most prominent feature : the Marble Church.

Huixin, Apratz, Mindy, Elaine^^