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Cologne (Brescian: Culogne) is a town and commune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Cologne is located in Franciacorta at the foot of Monte Orfano . Neighbouring communes are Coccaglio , Erbusco , Palazzolo sull'Oglio and Chiari .
In the time of Roman Late antiquity, the cultural development in northwestern Europe west of the Rhine was embodied by a network of urban settlements. Most important towns in the Rhineland were Trier, which served as imperial residence of the Western Roman Emperor from 293 to 395, and Cologne, where five Roman trunk roads intersected with the Rhine, also then used as a water transport route.
Cologne (/ k ə ˈ l oʊ n / ⓘ kə-LOHN; German: Köln ⓘ; Kölsch: Kölle ⓘ) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
The company's original fragrance, Colonia, was created in 1916 in a small perfume factory in the center of Parma's historic old town, after which the company is named.. At the time, the majority of commercial perfumes were much stronger and heavier in composition; so the unusually light and refreshing fragrance from Parma found wide success in Europe.
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] ⓘ, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church.
Ca' d'Andrea; Cabella Ligure; Cabiate; Cabras; Caccamo; Caccuri; Cadegliano-Viconago; Cadelbosco di Sopra; Cadeo; Caderzone; Cadoneghe; Cadorago; Cadrezzate; Caerano ...
1709 - Eau de Cologne launched by Giovanni Maria Farina. 1734 - Gazette de Cologne begins publication. 1783 - Theater an der Schmierstraße built. 1794 - Population: 40,000. [1] 1795 - City directory published. [9] 1796 - City annexed by French First Republic. 1798 University of Cologne closes. [1] Kölnische Zeitung newspaper begins publication.
The population increased substantially after World War II, when many people from Southern Italy settled here (especially from Apulia). After being subject for a long time to the influence exerted by San Maurizio al Lambro (which is now part of the municipality as a hamlet) Cologno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree ...