København Universitet Bibliotek

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  • Address
    Fiolstræde 1, Strøget
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  • Phone
    33 47 47 47
  • Transport
    bus: 6A
train: Nørreport

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Lonely Planet review

The main university building in this part of town faces Vor Frue Kirke across the higgledy-piggledy cobbles of Vor Frue Plads. In the lobby you can see one of the most curious sights in all of Copenhagen, a British cannonball fired from the fleet that attacked the city in 1807.

The cannonball is said to have fallen through the roof of Trinitatiskirke (behind the Rundetårn), where the library used to be kept, and landed in a book, which remains embedded with five metal fragments today. The book's title? Defensor Pacis (Defender of Peace).