{{Short description|Street in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{for|the street of Frederiksgade in Aarhus|Frederiksgade, Aarhus}} {{distinguish|Fredericiagade}} [[Image:Frederiksgade with the Marble Church.jpg|thumb|250px|View along Frederiksgade towards the Marble Church]] '''Frederiksgade''' is a street in the [[Frederiksstaden]] neighbourhood of central [[Copenhagen]]. It runs east from [[Store Kongensgade]] to [[Toldbodgade]] on the waterfront, passing the [[Frederik's Church|Marble Church]], [[Bredgade]] and [[Amaliegade]] on the way. At the Marble Church the street splits and curves around both sides of the church before rejoining on its other side.
==Amalienborg axis== The section from the Marble Church to the waterfront makes up the so-called ''Amalienborg axis'', the shorther but more prominent of the two axes on which the Frederiksstaden district is centred. At the central plaza of [[Amalienborg Palace]], Frederiksgade intersects [[Amaliegade]], the other, longer axis of the district. [[Jacques Saly]]'s equestrian statue of [[Frederick V of Denmark|Frederick V]], in the centre of the plaza, is located directly on the intersection of the intersection of the two axes and looks towards the dome of the Marble Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arksiteplus.dk/wm142184|title=Arkitektur som manifestation|publisher=ArkSite|accessdate=2010-07-12|archive-date=2011-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120552/http://www.arksiteplus.dk/wm142184|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In modern times, the Amalienborg Axis has been extended and reinterpreted. In 1983 the small [[Amaliehaven|Amalie Garden]] was inaugurated on a site between Amalienborg Palace and the water. Its large central fountain sits directly on the axis. With construction of the [[Copenhagen Opera House]] between 2001 and 2004 on the island of [[Holmen, Copenhagen|Holmen]] the axis has been extended across the harbour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-Map/CPH-Amalienborg.asp|title=Amalienborg Palace - The Royal Residence|publisher=Copenhagen Portal|accessdate=2010-07-12}}</ref> Both projects have been conceived and financed by the [[A.P. Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation]] and have caused considerable controversy.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Frederiksgade (Copenhagen)}} * [http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/frederiksgade.html Frederiksgade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602015840/http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/frederiksgade.html |date=2015-06-02 }} on indenforvoldene.dk
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