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  2. Cologne Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    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. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.

  3. Shrine of the Three Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral Another view Shrine of the Three Kings Köln The Shrine of the Three Kings [1] (German Dreikönigsschrein [2] or Der Dreikönigenschrein), [3] Tomb of the Three Kings, [4] or Tomb of the Three Magi [5] is a reliquary traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi, also known as the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men.

  4. Zentral-Dombauverein zu Köln von 1842 - Wikipedia

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    The most famous reference to the ZDV is in Heinrich Heine's satirical poem, Germany. A Winter's Tale (Deutschland.Ein Wintermärchen, 1844) chapter IV.Heine sees the Cologne Cathedral as a monument to Catholicism and un-Germanness, Christian intolerance, and Cologne as a truly bad city, and calls the promoters, including the Prussians and their king, confused and counter-productive.

  5. Network of ancient American Indian earthworks in Ohio named ...

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    A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio described as “part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory” was added Tuesday to the list of UNESCO ...

  6. List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription - Wikipedia

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    UNESCO Reference no. Canada: L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (F) Cultural: 4: Nahanni National Park: Natural: 24 Ecuador: City of Quito: Cultural: 2: Galápagos Islands (F) Natural: 1 Ethiopia: Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela: Cultural: 18: Simien National Park (F) Natural: 9 ( West Germany) Germany: Aachen Cathedral (F) Cultural: 3 ...

  7. List of tallest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Cologne Cathedral: 157.4 m (516.4 ft) 4.2% 10 years Cologne: Only church with two main towers to ever have been the world's tallest since 1890 Ulm Minster: 161.5 m (529.9 ft) 2.6% 131 years Ulm: First time since 1311 that a church surpassed the original height of Lincoln Cathedral; intentionally built a few metres taller than Cologne Cathedral

  8. List of cathedrals in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains (Roman Catholic) 39°06′14″N 84°31′09″W  /  39.103858°N 84.519083°W  / 39.103858; -84.519083  ( Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains (Cincinnati

  9. Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne - Wikipedia

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    The reason for the large number of churches was that in the Middle Ages Cologne was, along with Paris, the largest and most important city north of the Alps, and both were already important centers in Roman antiquity (Cologne's name was Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior).