Look to your left and you will spot a pale yellow, two-story building with a red half-hipped tile roof and the year eighteen thirty-two inscribed right above the dark front door. This is Meyercrones Stiftelse, a lovely example of Late Neoclassical architecture.
The story here is deeply touching. When the Danish envoy to France, Henning de Meyercrone, passed away in seventeen oh six, his widow Christiane needed a new chapter. If you glance at your app, you can see a painted portrait of Henning. Following his death, Christiane bought this exact plot from her mother. Back then, locals called it the Cantor's Garden, because the cathedral's lead singer used to live here.
Christiane converted the small house on the property into safe, comfortable residences specifically for needy, middle-class widows. She boldly managed this haven herself until she died in seventeen thirty-eight, ensuring the foundation lived on in her will. Eventually, builders replaced that original house with the larger building you see today.
It remains a beautiful monument to women helping women. Linger as long as you like, and whenever you are ready, we can wander to our next stop.
