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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.

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  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 World Heritage Sites in Germany - Wikipedia

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    UNESCO data Description Aachen Cathedral: North Rhine-Westphalia: 1978 3bis; i, ii, iv, vi (cultural) Constructed under the rule of Charlemagne between 793 and 813 during the Carolingian Renaissance and becoming his burial place when he died in 814, the cathedral's Palatine Chapel became the first

  8. Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece (Lochner) - Wikipedia

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    The work centres on the Three Kings, whose relics were in Cologne. The central panel is 260 x 285 cm, whilst each of the side panels is 260 by 142 cm. On the left panel is Ursula of Cologne with some of the 11,000 virgins with whom she was martyred, and on the right panel is St Gereon of Cologne. Closed shutters with Annunciation scene

  9. Sulpiz Boisserée - Wikipedia

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    Boisserée spent much of his time campaigning for the restoration and completion of Cologne Cathedral, where construction had come to a halt during the Reformation. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Soon after settling in Heidelberg in 1810 [ 1 ] he commissioned a survey of the building, and a set of drawings which were eventually published as engravings.