{{Short description|Street in Copenhagen, Denmark}} [[Image:Store Strandstræde Copenhagen.jpg|thumb|300px|Store Strandstræde ]] '''Store Strandstræde''' (literally "Great Beach Alley") is a street in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. It extends diagonally from [[Kongens Nytorv]], at the corner of [[Nyhavn]] and [[Bredgade]], to [[Sankt Annæ Plads]]. '''Lille Strandstræde''' ("Small Beach Alley") joins the street shortly before reaching Sankt Annæ Plads.
[[Nordic Council]] is headquartered at No. 18 and operates an [[art gallery]] featuring [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] art and artists at the ground floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobil.aok.dk/article.pml;jsessionid=4C42AE2F24EBF835DA535E65E799E0AC.uw-portal1?guid=1857|title=Nordisk Ministerråds Galleri|publisher=AOK|accessdate=2010-01-04}}</ref>
==History== [[Image:Store Strandstræde 1761 map detail.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Store Strandstræde ]] [[Image:Store-Strandstræde c,1830.jpg|thumb|200px|Store Strandstræde in c. 1830]] [[Image:Store Strandstræde - Sankt Annæ Plads corner 1900s.jpg|thumb|200px|Store Strandstræde in the 1900s3]] Store Strandgade is the last remains of a small road which ran along the coast line, connecting the old Eastern City Gate to Sankt Annæ Bro (English: Saint Ann's Bridge) where the [[Nordre Toldbod#The Custom House|Custom House]] was built in 1628. The shore was originally located where the street now meets Sankt Annæ Plads.
The far end of the street was widened in the 19010.
==Buildings== [[Image:Store Strandstræde 21 København.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[[Store Strandstræde 19–21]], designed by [[Aage Langeland-Mathiesen]] (1908)]] [[Image:Store Strandstræde - Nyhavn.jpg|thumb|200px|The corner of Store Strandstræde (left) and Nyhavn (right)]] The [[Grandjean House]] at Storestrandgade 3-Bredgade 4 was built in 1853–54 to a design which is typical of many of the [[Empire style|late Empire]] houses in central Copenhagen. The main facade of the house faced Store Strandstræde while a long wall shielded a courtyard from Bredgade. <ref name="Andersen Information">{{cite web|url=http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/grandjeans-konditori.htm|title=Grandjeans gård - Store Strandstræde 3|publisher=H. C. Andersen Information|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref>
The [[Waagepetersensk House]] (No. 18), with its facade decorated with Ionic order pilasters, is from 1793 and was designed by [[Johan Martin]].
[[Store Strandstræde 19–21|No. 19-21]] dates from 1908 and was designed by [[Aage Langeland-Mathiesen]]. The building was listed in 1999.
The low building whose gable faces the street close to Sankt Annæ Plads is a [[hearse]] deport associated with the next-door [[Garrison Church, Copenhagen|Garrison Church]].
==Public art== [[Image:Store Strandstræde statue.jpg|thumb|150px|The statue]] On the pointed corner of Store Strandstræde with Lille Strandstræde is a small green space with a statue, depicting a Napolitan ''A Fisherman teaching his Son to pla the Flute''. The statue is designed by Otto Evens and is from 1859.
==See also== * [[Kongens Nytorv]] * [[F. W. Doberck & søn]] * [http://www.kulturarv.dk/publicffdata/documentation/file/doc/66315/public Source] * [https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/sogn595/gader/gader15779 Number of residentsby census]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} * [http://indenforvoldene.dk/store%20strandstraede.html Store Strandstræde] at indenforvoldene.dk
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[[Category:Streets in Copenhagen]]