Copenhagen University

(Local Name: Universitet) To the north of Church of our Lady in central Copenhagen, behind Bispetorv, lies the main building of the University, founded by Christian 1 in 1479. The present building, influenced in style by that of English university buildings, was erected by Peter Malling between 1831 and 1836. The assembly hall, with historic paintings, and the entrance hall with frescoes by Constantin Hansen portraying mythological themes and dating from ca. 1850, are of interest. On the bordering square stands a row of busts of important graduates of the college, including one of the physicist and Nobel Prizewinner Niels Bohr.