Grundtvig's Church the ship Dronning Alexandrine

Grundtvig's Church

The ship is an ancient symbol for the Congregation and the Church, with Christ at the helm, is performing on existe...
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Grundtvig's Church

The ship is an ancient symbol for the Congregation and the Church, with Christ at the helm, is performing on existence storm-filled sea the ship.

The name of the ship is Dronning Alexandrine

The interior, inspired by Gothic architecture and comparable in size to Copenhagen cathedral, fits a congregation of 1,800. Some six million yellow bricks, a typical Danish building material, were used for the edifice. In its floor plan, the interior resembles that of a typical Gothic church with a nave, two lateral aisles and a small transept. Its proportions are also Gothic: a long, narrow nave, an extremely high ceiling, the columns which rise up to pointed arches and the ribbed groin vaults above the nave and aisles. But it is the yellow brick and the lack of ornamentation which contribute to the Gothic verticality while adhering to the minimalist modern aesthetic.

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