Cologne Cathedral
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Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany, completed in 1880.
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Cologne Cathedral
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Cologne Cathedral, or Kölner Dom, is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the Archdiocese of Cologne's administration. Construction began in 1248, stopped around 1560, and was completed to its original medieval plan in 1880. Declared a World Heritage Site in 1996, it has the tallest twin-spired church structure in the world.
- Location
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Construction
- Begun in 1248 and completed in 1880
- World Heritage status
- Declared a World Heritage Site in 1996
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Cologne Cathedral (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q4176
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Raimond Spekking. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsRaimond Spekking, This file was derived from: Kölner Dom - Westfassade 2022 ohne Gerüst-0968.jpg:Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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