Warm, evening light bathes Cologne Cathedral on a friday evening last summer. The steps leading to the Cathedral proving to be a popular meeting place.
Construction of this magnificent example of Gothic architecture began in 1248 and, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, wasn't completed until 1880, 632 years after construction had begun!
Much more information about the cathedral can be found here: www.cologne-tourism.com/attractions-culture/cologne-cathe...
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Warm, evening light bathes the twin towers of the eastern facade Cologne Cathedral on a friday evening last summer. Construction of this magnificent example of Gothic architecture began in 1248 and, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, wasn't completed until 1880, 632 years after construction had begun!
Much more information about the cathedral can be found here: www.cologne-tourism.com/attractions-culture
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Great St. Martin Church, (lighter coloured stonework), and Cologne Cathedral seen from the Deutz Suspension Bridge spanning the River Rhine.
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Fortunately our hotel was much more comfortable than this chaps.
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Cologne Railway Station with a departing ICE train and in the background to the left can be seen the Hohenzollern Bridge over the River Rhine.
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