Friday 13 July 2012

The 6 day trip to Denmark and the United Kingdom - the afternoon of the first day - Amalienborg - the 19th of June 2012



Having walked down Amaliengade we reached the Amalienborg complex, founded by King Frederic V and comprising four palaces originally built for four wealthy families, though the Royal family is said to moved in  by 1794. It is now home of Queen Margrethe II, the Crown Prince Frederik and the Crown Princess Mary.


 
























One could see the Baroque Frederikskirken, also known as Marmorkirken, to one side of the square. My intention would be to visit it later, namely because of having read that great views could be enjoyed from the top of the bell tower. 





We were not expecting to see any marching, as the change of the guards was supposed to have taken place in the morning, but we did actually see guards marching along, which may have just been one of the daily marches between  Rosenborg and Amalienborg palaces some guides refer to

The guards looked rather young and their marching was not so exuberant as I would have liked, though it was quite a sight particularly because dozens of Asian visitors unexpectedly showed up as if having  been told of their presence, once prior to that there were very few people around.



























Having sighted the Opera house, we decided to"veer" left and try to get a closer look.











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