Buried beneath Frederiksberg Hill inwards the middle of Søndermarken Park , inwards Copenhagen , is a massive hush-hush infinite that ane time held upwards to sixteen ane grand 1000 liters of H2O for the residents of Copenhagen. Before the Cistern was built , Copenhagen had simply about major H2O problems during the 1800s. Among other things , the H2O origin was heavily polluted , in addition to every bit the metropolis grew vertically it became to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than hard for H2O to gain the upper floors. When a cholera epidemic inwards 1853 claimed the life of to a greater extent than than four ,700 residents , a conclusion was made to laid a novel cistern to amend Copenhagen’s drinking water.
Frederiksberg Hill was chosen every bit the place for the novel reservoir because of its superlative , in addition to digging began inwards 1856. The reservoir was completed 3 years later. Originally the reservoir was an opened upwards puddle of H2O , but inwards 1889 it was covered amongst a molded concrete construction to minimize chances of pollution in addition to infection.
A H2O , lite in addition to audio installation past times creative soul Ingvar Cronhammar inwards the Cisternerne. Photo credit: unknown/imgur
The Cistern ceased to business office every bit drinking H2O reservoir inwards 1933 , but it wasn’t drained until 1981. In 1996 , inwards connective amongst Copenhagen’s condition every bit European City of Culture , in addition to through a articulation inaugural betwixt the City of Frederiksberg in addition to gallery possessor Max Seidenfaden , the hush-hush H2O reservoir was set to purpose every bit an exhibition space. Since in addition to hence , the Cistern has held fine art exhibitions in addition to diverse events amongst architecture in addition to atmosphere beingness its centre subject.
The Cistern has a flooring infinite of four ,320 foursquare meters. Its ceiling is 4.2 meters high , from which hang stalactites in addition to stalagmites that formed from to a greater extent than than a hundred years tabular array salt accumulation when this infinite was flooded amongst water. When the Cisternerne was converted into a museum , these frail structures were , in addition to nevertheless are , left undisturbed.
Entrance to the hush-hush Museum of Modern Glass Art , Cisternerne. Photo credit: Ib Rasmussen/Wikimedia
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Stalactites in addition to stalagmites within the Cisternerne. Photo credit: www.cisternerne.dk
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A H2O , lite in addition to audio installation past times creative soul Ingvar Cronhammar inwards the Cisternerne. Photo credit: Rand Lemley/Flickr
A H2O , lite in addition to audio installation past times creative soul Ingvar Cronhammar inwards the Cisternerne. Photo credit: politiken.dk
A lite installation past times creative soul Christian Lemmerz inwards the Cisternerne. Photo credit: politiken.dk
A music festival held inwards the Cisternerne. Photo credit: Strom festival/Flickr
Sources: www.cisternerne.dk / Politiken.dk / Wikipedia