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Stiftsprovstsboligen

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Stiftprovsteboligen, situated at the corner of Fiolstræde (No. 8) and Store Kannikestræde, opposite the Church of Our Lady, is the official residence of the provost (domprovst) of the Provostry of Our Lady–Vesterbro. The domprovst (formerly stiftsprovst) of the Provostry of Our Lady–Vesterbro is the most senior of the provosts of the Diocese of Copenhagen. The administrative office of the provostry is in the basement of the building. The Neoclassical building from 1840–41 was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1939. A plaque on the garden wall towards Fiolstræde commemorates that Ludvig Holberg resided in an earlier building on the site from June 1740 until his death in January 1754.

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Fiolstræde, Copenhagen Christianshavn

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