Axeltorv

Axeltorv is a public square in central Copenhagen, Denmark, located across the street from Tivoli Gardens' main entrance on Vesterbrogade.

Axeltorv was inaugurated on 8 November 1917. The grounds were formerly part of Farigmagsvej and used as a plaza in front of the main entrance to Copenhagen's second Central Station which had been built in 1864.

The site had for decades been dominated by National Scala, an entertainment venuem situated on the eastern corner of the street. On the opposite corner was a small round pavilion, Centralpavilionen, which sold lottery tickets.

The square was established when the street was moved to its current location in connection with the opening of the Boulevard Line. It takes its name after Bishop Absalon, Copenhagen's founder, whose (little used) Danish name was Axel.

Axelborg was completed in 1920. Originally a bank headquarters, it now houses the Danish Agriculture and Food Council.

The Circus Building is from 1886. The Palads Cinema opened in the former central station in 1912 but its current building is from 1917. The former Copenhagen Waterworks, which a site between the Boulevard Line and Studiestræde, though barely visible from the square, also has its address on Axeltorv (No. 12).

The Scala Building was demolished in 2012. An office complex designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg is now under construction at the site. It will consist of five cylinders of varying height and interconnected by skyways, positioned on a one-storey plinth. The project also proposes a renovation of the square that will enhance Fortification Ring's character of being a "green belt"surrounding the city centre.

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