St. Gereon, Cologne

Advantages: History. Scale. Drama. Art. Views. Free Admission.
Disadvantages: Crowds. Luggage.

..., Cologne's main station is located immediately adjacent to the Cathedral, passes within a couple of hundred metres of it. Get off a train in Cologne and you will need no other transport in order to visit the Cathedral. THE HISTORY OF St PETER'S CATHEDRAL, COLOGNE Whilst 2008 celebrates the 760th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the current, Gothic, Cathedral, the religious origins of this site are known to date from Roman times. In those times the church that stood here formed the northern edge of the city; to this day the "Old Town" is clustered around narrow streets immediately to the south and literally in the shadow of, the great Cathedral. The buildings that stood here in the first millennia were naturally rather different from the Gothic edifice so much admired today. From these early Roman times, Cologne... Read review

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Advantages: Position. Clean. Spacious. Parking. Receptionists.
Disadvantages: Facilities.

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...of the three kings who brought this stuff to Jesus (i dont know what it is called in english). They were put in a golden box. Cologne stole them while the Cologne-Mailand war in the middle ages... If you are not interested in the cathedral i give you some other facts about Cologne. More than 1.000.000 Million people live in my city, which is the fourth biggest in Germany. We got one 1st division soccer club (1.FC Köln) and one of the best icehockey teams all over the world (Kölner Haie/Cologne Sharks). The icehockey club have their matches in the Colognearena which is the biggest Arena in Europe. 19.000 people can take seat in there. We also get a new soccer stadium. Instead of 45.000, 60.000 fans will be able to support our soccer club next year. We also got a historic promenade next to the rhine, which was rebuilt after the 2nd world war... Read review

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