Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1915 — Copenhagen's Round Tower. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Copenhagen's Round Tower.

One of the sights of Copenhagen is the famous Round Tower. It was built for astronomical purposes shortly after of the great Danish astronomer, Tycho .Brahe, but Is no longer. In, use as an observatory. The tower contains a broad spiral roadway with an earsy gradient on its out: er border-' Peter - the Great and- the king of Denmefo -' once drove : with horses and carriage to the top, • and not long ago some bicyclists rode up the tower and down again ,in two minutes and 16»seconds. j