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Kastellet, Picture 10, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:00:01 +0000

The Kastellet has a moat fed by Copenhagen harbor, so once I found good place to shoot a photo from I got this. I really like the reflection and the stillness of the water on this one.

Kastellet, Picture 9, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:00:01 +0000

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Here's another one of the guns on the Kastellet.

Kastellet, Picture 8, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:00:01 +0000

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Some of the cannons are still in place on the parapet around the Kastellet. I can't tell which ones still work and which ones don't, but this one at least has a cap on the barrel.

Kastellet, Picture 6, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:00:01 +0000

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Okay, so the trash can isn't too historic. I didn't notice that when I was taking this.

Kastellet, Picture 5, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:00:01 +0000

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This appeared to be offices, and when I arrived a soldier was actually about to go on his rounds of the Kastellet, although I didn't get his picture. It surprised me, actually, that this place is still manned, as it seems to possess no military purpose, and is a relatively minor tourist attraction.

Kastellet, Picture 4, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:59:01 +0000

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I like the composition of this shot more than anything. It doesn't have too much else in the way of significance.

Kastellet, Picture 3, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:59:01 +0000

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Many of the buildings in the Kastellet are just ordinary houses like these. The yellow one is the officers' quarters.

Kastellet, Picture 2, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:59:01 +0000

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Having been built in the 1600s means that the Kastellet doesn't look like a castle, exactly, but more like a barracks or low-rent neighborhood. By that I don't mean to say that it's rundown, as it certainly isn't.

Kastellet, Picture 1, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:59:01 +0000

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Here's the entrance to the Kastellet.

Windmill, Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:58:01 +0000

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This windmill seems bizarrely out of place at the Kastellet, but there it is. If anyone can explain its purpose, that would be interesting, I think.

Statue, Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:58:01 +0000

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This relatively simple statue of a World War II soldier is just what it looks like, a World War II memorial. Nearby is the far-more-famous Little Mermaid, once decapitated by feminists for being hateful of women....because all portrayals of beautiful women are hateful to women....somehow.... In any case, I just found it boring so I didn't photograph it. Behind the World War I statue is the Kastellet, one of several castles and forts in Copenhagen. Built in 1626-1663 on the orders of Christian IV, the British first attacked it in 1801 (under the command of Lord Nelson), then briefly occupied it in 1807, both times in retaliation for the Danish government's support for Napoleon.