[ The Liberty Memorial Monument, Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen]

The Liberty Memorial Monument, Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen

The Liberty Memorial Monument was erected to mark that adscription, a form of serfdom, was gradually abolished from 1788 to 1800. Completed in 1797, the monument comprises a 20-metre obelisk made of blocks of red sandstone from the Danish island of Bornholm with inscriptions. It rests on a base of …

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