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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. Its architecture was inspired by the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The cathedral is one of the tallest churches in Asia. St. Philomena...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    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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    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 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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    windows of the choir of Cologne Cathedral (early 14th century) The Crucifixion and Virgin and Child in Majesty, Cologne Cathedral (1340) Ulm Munster, The...
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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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    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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    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 Cologne Cathedral quarter (German: Domumgebung) is the area immediately surrounding Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
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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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    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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     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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    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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    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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    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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    December 2015, passers-by in the plaza between the Cologne Central Train Station and the Cologne Cathedral informed police officers on the spot about fights...
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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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    Cologne is the Kölnturm. The tallest structure in Cologne is the Colonius telecommunications tower at 266 m (873 ft), followed by Cologne Cathedral at...
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