THE DAHLIA BORDER 



undisputed the proud title, "Athens of the 

 North." 



Full of the souvenirs of the Christians and the 

 Fredericks, we can re-construct from the stones 

 of the capital the history of the monarchy. 

 The Royal Library, founded by Christian III, 

 contains more than 400,000 volumes, and price- 

 less manuscripts. The city has broad streets, 

 beautiful gardens, vast squares, its palaces and 

 monuments being very remarkable. The fasti- 

 dious and wealthy kings who built them have 

 left in them works of art which bear witness to 

 their magnificence and good taste. The Palace 

 of Rosenborg, built by Christian IV is the most 

 curious and interesting, because of the souvenirs 

 it contains. This prince, one of the greatest 

 Denmark has ever had, had the same tastes as 

 Henri IV, and Louis XIV. He loved building, 

 protected the fine arts, encouraged letters. This 

 his great wealth enabled him to do. In the 

 museum we find the Silver Ingot, extracted from 

 the mines at Konigsberg, at the time when 

 immense treasures discovered by a poor goatherd 

 made Christian IV the richest king in Europe. 



It was from the designs, and under the 

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