Frederik V - Copenhagen, Denmark
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bluesnote
N 55° 41.040 E 012° 35.590
33U E 348685 N 6173536
A statue of Frederik V in downtown Copenhagen.
Waymark Code: WMX2RV
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 11/18/2017
Views: 12
Taken from the website, "At Amalienborg courtyard (Danish: Amalienborg Slotsplads), the old equestrian statue of Frederik V is situated.
The equestrian statue is a work of the Frenchman Jacques-François-Joseph Saly and was unveiled in 1771. The statue weights 22 ton and was pulled by 200 sailors on a sledge over two days from Kongens Nytorv to Amalienborg Palace.
In 1753, Saly arrived in Copenhagen and worked in a studio at Charlottenborg, where he watched the horses daily. After five years he had made ??a sketch of the statue, and he began to modulate it in plaster.
2 March 1768, 300 invited guests were watching while the 40,000 pounds molten bronze was poured into the mould. King Frederik V had died several years earlier so he did not see the final result of the statue."
The "Official Tourism" URL link to the attraction: [Web Link]
Hours of Operation:
24/7
Admission Prices:
Free
Approximate amount of time needed to fully experience the attraction: Less than 15 minutes
Transportation options to the attraction: Personal Vehicle or Public Transportation
The attraction’s own URL: Not listed
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