Marmorbroen

This guide to Marmorbroen in Copenhagen begins with an argument: King Christian the Sixth wanted a drawbridge for his new Christiansborg Palace, and his architect Nicolai Eigtved refused. It follows why Eigtved insisted on a fixed stone arch instead, built between 1739 and 1745 with imported Norwegian marble paving, and the French sculptor's rococo carvings on its pillars. Look down at the marble underfoot as you cross into the palace grounds.