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Vor Frelsers Kirke - The black and golden spire reaches a height of 90 metres and the external staircase turns four times anticlockwise around it. Inspiration for the design came from the spiral lantern of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, which turns the same way around.
Vor Frelsers Kirke (Church of Our Saviour), Christianshavn, Copenhagen. A baroque, 17th-century place of worship with a carillon & steps around the outside of the spire.
About as much fun as you can have in a place of worship, as you climb up through the wooden tower and emerge onto this increasingly narrow spiral staircase which terminates in a stomach-churningly cramped perch where the railings do not feel high enough to protect you from toppling over.. Well worth the money to go up!
More info: www.vorfrelserskirke.dk/history-tourists/our-saviours-chu...
Panorama (view north) as seen from the spire of the Church of Our Savior -
Copenhagen Denmark
Flickr Explore: 2022-10-16
The beautiful Tower of Our Saviour's Church can only be partially seen due to the tall newer buildings (photo taken from the other side of the harbor)
Info: www.vorfrelserskirke.dk
Details of the Baroque altarpiece in the Church of Our Savior in Copenhagen, Denmark. The dominant statue in the image depicts the Archangel Michael, one of the principal angels in Christian tradition, shown here blowing a trumpet to announce the Last Judgment or the resurrection of the dead—a common motif in religious art. This marble sculpture was created by the Danish artist Ferdinand Ring in 1695.
Before we came to Copenhagen I had a look at things we could see in the city. Sometimes it's nice to just wander around and see where you end up but with limited time here, it was important to have a 'to do' list. Although we didn't go inside the church, I knew I wanted to get a close look at it, so I was pleased we found time to find this view point across the road from it!
You can climb the spiral staircase which narrows as it goes around the spire, but having watched a video of someone doing it on YouTube, I knew there was no way I'd be able to consider it!
The Church of Our Saviour (Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirke) is a baroque church in Copenhagen, Denmark, most famous for the external spiral winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen. It is also noted for its carillon, which plays melodies every hour from 8 am to midnight.
When Christian IV planned Christianshavn in 1617, it was intended as an independent merchant's town on the island of Amager and it therefore needed a church. A temporary church was inaugurated in 1639 but construction of the present Church of Our Saviour, the design of Lambert van Haven, did not start until 1682. The church was inaugurated 14 years later in 1695 but important interior features like the altar had a notoriously temporary character and the tower still had no spire. The church got its permanent altar in 1732 but plans for construction of the spire was not revitalized until 1747 under the reign of Frederik V. The new architect on the project was Lauritz de Thurah. He soon abandoned van Haven's original design in favour of his own project that was approved by the King in 1749. Three years later the spire was finished and the King climbed the tower at a ceremony on 28 August 1752.
There is a long-lived urban legend stating that the architect killed himself by jumping from the top of the spire, when he realised that the spiral turns the wrong way - anticlockwise - around. This is not about Lambert van Haven, since the spire was added to the church almost 50 years after his death, but the designer of the spiral spire, Laurids de Thurah. There is no truth in the myth though, since Thurah died in his bed seven years after the spire was completed, and there is nothing in the records that indicates that he should have been unhappy with his work in any way. (From Wikipedia)
Photography of the bell tower from the Church of Our Saviour ("Vor Frelser Kirke") in Copenhagen (Denmark). The Church is famous for its helix spire with an external winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen. The church is built in a Dutch baroque style and was finished in 1695. The spire was finished half century later, in 1752.
© Eliseo Oliveras
Danish Architecture Centre (Danish: Dansk Arkitektur Center), DAC, is a communication and development centre for architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is based in Gammel Dok, a 19th-century former warehouse at Strandgade in Christianshavn, where it operates an exhibition space which puts on temporary exhibitions about architecture, urban planning and sustainable development.
It was founded in 1985 as a collaboration between the Danish Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and the Realdania foundation. (Wikipedia)
A bit of night photography in my adopted city during an August Blue Super moon.
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Vor Frelsers Kirken, built in 1696, is located in Christianshavn, a neighborhood on a large island across from Copenhagen's main harbor. One can climb the 400 steps to the top of the spire...if one is so inclined and the winds aren't too strong to cause the tower to be closed.
The extensive view from the top of the Vor Frelsers Kirke's spire, Copenhagen (Denmark).
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Vor Frelsers Kirke in Christianshavn -
København/Copenhagen/Kopenhagen (Sjælland/Danmark, Zealand/Denmark, Seeland/Dänemark)
Sepia shot taken from the top of the Rundetarn, with the spire of the Vor Frelsers Kirke on the right and the Oresundsbroen bridge which conects Copenhagen to Sweden in the distance.
Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen
Church of Our Saviour (Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirke) is a baroque church in Copenhagen, Denmark, most famous for its helix spire with an external winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen. It is also noted for its carillon, which is the largest in northern Europe and plays melodies every hour from 8 am to midnight.