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The Danish army's own church has stood on Sankt Annae Plads since 1706. Garnisonskirken - officially Den Herre Zebaoths Kirke - was built between 1703 and 1706 for Copenhagen's garrison, on ground that had been the southern section of the Sophie Amalienborg palace gardens, granted by Frederik IV after he took the throne in 1699. The design story explains the building's spare look: the plans were drawn in 1697 by Georg Philip Muller, an engineer officer rather than an architect, which shows in t...