Changing trains at koln (Cologne Keulen) station and 10 minute visit to the Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria, English: High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day.Cologne Cathedral was built between 1248 and 1880. It is 144.5 metres (474 ft) long, 86.5 m (284 ft) wide and its towers are approximately 157 m (515 ft) tall. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spire and largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio of any medieval church. Tegenwoordig staan er in Keulen nog bijna honderd katholieke kerken, waarvan twaalf romaans en vier gotisch. Het Aartsbisdom Keulen is nog steeds het rijkste bisdom ter wereld. Keulen is thuishaven voor de heiligen Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar, Maternus, Severinus van Keulen, Ursula, Bruno van Keulen, Kunibert van Keulen, Albertus Magnus en Heribert van Keulen The most celebrated work of art in the cathedral is the Shrine of the Three Kings, a large gilded sarcophagus dating from the 13th century, and the largest reliquary in the Western world. It is traditionally believed to hold the remains of the Three Wise Men, whose bones and 2,000-year-old clothes were discovered at the opening of the shrine in 1864. Music Accademia Jaufrè Rudel
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