Still standing🛕 Temple & religious buildingMiddle Ages & early modern
Cologne Cathedral
The cathedral connects medieval pilgrimage with nineteenth-century ideas about religion and national identity. Its long construction history makes it a notable example of the continuation of Gothic design principles.
Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Facts
- Place
- Cologne, Germany
- Civilisation / patron
- Archdiocese of Cologne and later German patrons
- Built
- 1248 – 1880
- Status
- Still standing
- Height
- 157.38 m
- UNESCO World Heritage since
- 1996
- UNESCO World Heritage
History
Construction of Cologne’s Gothic cathedral began in 1248, in part to provide a fitting home for the Shrine of the Three Kings. After centuries of interruption, work resumed in the nineteenth century using medieval plans. The twin western towers define the skyline above the Rhine and the railway station. The building survived the Second World War with substantial damage and has since been continually repaired and conserved.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Dom van Keulen