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Cologne Cathedral (Cologne, Germany)
Newest Review: ... were inspired by the great French cathedrals; none however would be as great as this one! Cologne Cathedral must actually rank as one of the most prolonged building projects of the last millennium. In 1880, 632 years after the laying of the foundation stone, the last stone topped out the South Tower. Strictly speaking, it should be explained that there was a very long interruption in the ... more  ... building programme, between the body of the church being completed in the sixteenth century and the resumption of the completion of the 157 metre (515ft) tall towers in 1842.
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Cologne Cathedral (Cologne, Germany): AN OUTSTANDING WORLD HERITAGE SITE (3893 words)
by - written on 27/03/08 (Very useful, 199 readings)
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I will refer throughout to the subject of this review as Cologne Cathedral, that being the familiar English term for it. If you wish to carry out further research you will also need to know the German title: "Kolner Dom". Two of my great interests in life are architecture and history; seldom do they merge better and in more spectacular style than in the great churches and cathedrals. Over the years I have enjoyed visiting virtually all of the cathedrals in England - many in Poland during the last seven years too. Since my late teens there had been one cathedral above all others that I had wanted to visit - Cologne. However well one may, or ... Read the complete review
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