Style and architecture - Christiania Torv
In this square, which was the heart of the city as it was built in 1624, you are surrounded by some of Kvadraturen’s oldest buildings.
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A part of the tour Style and architecture
The square's relationship to the street network corresponds to renaissance theoretical requirements for a representative design.
Founder of Kvadraturen, King Christian IV was well versed in contemporary urban planning theory. The square in Livorno in Italy may have been a model.
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From the left: The "Anatomy building" (1640) and Rådmannsgården (1626), and on the right side: Christiania’s first city hall (1641).
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This building, known as Anatomigården (the Anatomy Building), dating back to 1640, is the city’s oldest timber frame house.
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