Ĭonstruction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 but was halted in the years around 1560, unfinished. The choir has the largest height-to-width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. It is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. At 157 m (515 ft), the cathedral is currently the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe after Ulm Minster, and the third tallest church in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Cologne Cathedral ( German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
0 kommentar(er)
