The grand cathedrals of Europe often marked the dawning or even the apex of a particular architectural era.
Notre Dame de Paris is a temple to the gothic, Rome's
Church of the Gesù to the Baroque, Imperial Russia's
Smolny Cathedral to the Rococo. Churches are simply the best indicators of architectural standards before, say, World War I, because money and talent flowed to these projects.
The same can be said for the churches of Denmark. I've already included a few churches, including
one from Amager, a traditional
stave church and
Grundtvigs Kirke, all of which have unique character. Even when conforming to period-specific architectural forms, the Danes made their churches distinctly Danish.
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| The corkscrew spire of Vor Frelsers Kirke, Copenhagen, Baroque |
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