St. Mark's Church, Copenhagen
St. Mark's Church | |
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Sankt Markus Kirke | |
55°40′47.6″N 12°33′9.5″E / 55.679889°N 12.552639°ECoordinates: 55°40′47.6″N 12°33′9.5″E / 55.679889°N 12.552639°E | |
Location | Frederiksberg, Copenhagen |
Country | Denmark |
Denomination | Church of Denmark |
History | |
Status | Church |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Carl Lendorf |
Architectural type | Church |
Groundbreaking | 1900 |
Completed | 1902 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Diocese of Copenhagen |
St. Mark's Church (Danish: Sankt Markus Kirke) is a church at the end of in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History[]
The church was built from 1900 to 1902 to the design of Carl Lendorf. It was consecrated on 9 November 1902 at a ceremony attended by Bishop Kultus Minister J. C. Christensen.
The area was still quite undeveloped on its completion but the surrounding buildings were built from 1903 to 1904 according to a symmetrical plan by Andreas Clemmensen.[1]
Architecture[]
The church is a cruciform church built in red brick with inspiration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture.
Over the main portal there is a mosaic by Oscar Willerup depicting Saint Mark the Evangelist with a quill and a winged lion, his symbol.[2]
In popular culture[]
The church is used as a location in the 2003 comedy .[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Skt. Markus Kirke". ibras.ishoejby.dk. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
- ^ "Sankt Markus Kirke 1902". Groundspeak Inc. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^ "Sankt Marcus Kirke på Frederiksberg". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
External links[]
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- Lutheran churches in Copenhagen
- 20th-century Church of Denmark churches
- Churches completed in 1902
- Churches in the Diocese of Copenhagen