Apistemplet Traditional Geocache

Det klassicistiske Apistempel nordvest for Frederiksberg Slot blev opført af N.A. Abildgaard i forbindelse med parkens omlægning. I guldalderens landskabsbilleder skildres ofte tidens sværmeri for oprindelighed. Og oprindelig var både bonden på marken og fortidsminder fra nordisk, men også græsk mytologi. Derfor skulle der naturligvis også være et tempel i græsk stil i den romantiske have Frederiksberg.

Det blev opført 1802-04 og fik navnet Apistemplet efter tyren i frontonen. Tempelfrontens søjlehal består af ti søjler, hvoraf de otte menes at stamme fra Christian VII's Palæ, det tidligere Moltkes Palæ. De to sidste søjler er kopier.

Templet består indvendigt af et tøndehvælvet rum med to vinduer, der oprindeligt havde farvede glas. Rummet var møbleret med sofa, stole og konsolborde, som de kongelige kunne bruge til tedrikning. Fra 1874-1970 blev templet brugt som indgang til Zoologisk Have (grundlagt 1859) og indretningen ændret. Templet er lejlighedsvist åbent.

The classicist Apistemple north-west of Frederiksberg Castle was build by N.A. Abildgaard in connection with the park being redesigned. The landscape paintings of the golden age often show the periods fondness for original qualities. And original was both the farmer on the field and prehistoric structures from Nordic as well as Greek mythology. Naturally there had to be a temple in Greek style in the romantic garden Frederiksberg.

The building was erected in 1802-04 and was given the name "Apistemlet" (Apis Temple) from the bull in the fronton. The temple front consists of 10 columns whereof 8 are meant to originate from Christian VII's Palace, earlier called Moltke's Palace. The last 2 columns are replicas.

On the inside the temple consists of a "barrelarched" room with 2 windows which had stained glass originally. The room was furnished with a sofa, chairs and console tables which the royalties could use for drinking tea. From 1874-1970 the temple was used as entrance to the nearby Zoo (Zoologisk Have, founded 1859) and the décor changed. The temple is occasionally open for the public.