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Project - Kobenhavn - Copenhagen, Denmark

Continue north on Amaliegade to Churchillparken where beside <b.St. Alban's Church stands the immense Gefionspringvandet (Grifion Fountain), a monument to yet another overrseas relationship. According to Scandinavian mythology, when the Swedish king offered the goddess Gefion as much land as she could plough in one night, Gefion turned her four sons into powerful oxen and ploughed the entire area that now comprises the island of Zealand. The bronze statue in the fountain depicts the goddess and her oxen at work.

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Uploaded on June 24, 2006
Taken on May 17, 2006