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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 02/07/2026 23:44:00

One royal building project bundled a church, an observatory and a university library - and Copenhagen got the Trinitatis complex. Trinitatis Kirke at Landemaerket 2, behind the Round Tower, was commissioned by Christian IV in 1637 as a church for the students and professors of the University of Copenhagen, sharing its structure with the Rundetaarn observatory at its west end and the university library in the vast attic above the nave - faith, science and learning under one roof, in the king's ch...