Church in Copenhagen, Denmark
St. Mark's Church (Danish : Sankt Markus Kirke ) is a church at the end of Julius Thomsens Plads in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen , Denmark .
History
Photo from the opening in 1902
The church was built from 1900 to 1902 to the design of Carl Lendorf . It was consecrated on 9 November 1902 at a ceremony attended by Bishop Kultus Minister J. C. Christensen .
The area was still quite undeveloped on its completion but the surrounding buildings were built from 1903 to 1904 according to a symmetrical plan by Andreas Clemmensen .[ 1]
Architecture
The church is a cruciform church built in red brick with inspiration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture .
Over the main portal there is a mosaic by Oscar Willerup depicting Saint Mark the Evangelist with a quill and a winged lion, his symbol .[ 2]
In popular culture
The church is used as a location in the 2003 comedy Se til venstre, der er en svensker .[ 3]
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