Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] , officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is...
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medieval Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) was the world's tallest building 1880–1890 and is today the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world...
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Cologne Cathedral Seal (German: Kölner Domplombe) was a section of unclad brickwork which covered destroyed masonry on an exterior pillar of Cologne Cathedral...
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The organs of Cologne Cathedral are the major source of instrumental music at the cathedral, being played for daily services and accompanying the choir...
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The Cologne Cathedral Window is the stained glass window in the south transept of the Cologne Cathedral designed by Cologne artist Gerhard Richter. On...
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decorated triple sarcophagus situated above and behind the high altar of Cologne Cathedral in western Germany. Built approximately from 1180 to 1225, it is considered...
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capital of their Electorate of Cologne; to this end, they had both the semicircular city wall and the Gothic cologne cathedral built as a demonstration of...
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St. Joseph's Cathedral. It was constructed in 1936 using a Neo Gothic style and its architecture was inspired by the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This...
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In December 2023, an apparent Islamist plot to bomb Cologne Cathedral was discovered. During December 2023 in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia Police arrested...
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Ulm Minster (redirect from Ulm Cathedral)
except the towers and some outer decorations were complete, unlike at Cologne Cathedral, where less than half of the work had been done before construction...
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Empire. The city of Cologne as such became a free city in 1288 and the archbishop eventually moved his residence from Cologne Cathedral to Bonn to avoid...
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(2013–) Rolf Steinhäuser (2015–) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne Cologne Cathedral "Bishop Johannes Schleeter, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David...
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List of tallest church buildings (redirect from Tallest cathedral)
the tallest cathedral is Cologne Cathedral (157.4 m) in Cologne, Germany. The tallest Eastern Orthodox, as well as the tallest domed cathedral, will be People's...
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Gothic architecture (redirect from Gothic Cathedrals)
such chapels at Chartres Cathedral, seven at Notre Dame de Paris, Amiens Cathedral, Prague Cathedral and Cologne Cathedral, and nine at Basilica of Saint...
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The finials of Cologne Cathedral from the tops of the two towers (north and south towers) at a height of 149 to 157 metres. A copy of this finial in original...
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1876 to 1880, the spire made Rouen Cathedral the world's tallest building, until the completion of Cologne Cathedral. In 1905, under the new law separating...
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choir stalls of Cologne Cathedral is a medieval, antisemitic wood carving at the side of one of the seats in the choir of Cologne Cathedral. It was produced...
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Freiburg Minster, Strasbourg Cathedral, Vienna Cathedral, Prague Cathedral, Burgos Cathedral and the twin spires of Cologne Cathedral. Complex spires: These...
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the origin of candy canes says that in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children...
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Gothic, or Hochgotik, is Cologne Cathedral, begun in 1248. Reims Cathedral, begun 1211, from the northeast] Nave of Reims Cathedral with piliers cantonnés...
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Strasbourg Cathedral. (1176–1459) Detail of the west front of Strasbourg Cathedral Nave of Strasbourg Cathedral Emperor Windows (1210–1270) Cologne Cathedral was...
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Hohe Straße (redirect from Hohe Strasse, Cologne, Germany)
part of a designated pedestrian zone and spans about 680 metres from Cologne Cathedral on its Northern end to Schildergasse on its Southern end. The street...
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Stefan Lochner (redirect from Stephen of Cologne)
Altarpiece (in English cathedral picture, also known as the Altarpiece of the City's Patron Saints) still in Cologne Cathedral. One of Dürer's diary entries...
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style, returned to public attention in Germany with the unfinished Cologne Cathedral, leading to the rise of Gothic Revival architecture. Other notable...
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Rayonnant (section Amiens Cathedral)
Sainte-Urbaine in Troyes (1262). Rayonnant cathedrals soon appeared outside of France. One of the first was Cologne Cathedral. Its choir was built from 1248 to...
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The Cologne Cathedral quarter (German: Domumgebung) is the area immediately surrounding Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
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with the completion of Cologne Cathedral in the 1880s, at the time its summit was the world's tallest building, the cathedral was seen as the height of...
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1210 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral. He was also known as Gerhard von Rile or by the...
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same time he developed his design for the south transept window of Cologne Cathedral. 4900 Colours consists of 196 panels in 25 colors that can be reassembled...
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the Cathedral), the second-tallest in North Rhine-Westphalia after the Post Tower in Bonn (Cologne Cathedral is considered to be a building in Cologne but...
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