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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 .
Map of Cologne, 1633. 1322 Cologne Cathedral choir consecrated. Municipal archive in operation (approximate date). 1334 - Cologne Charterhouse founded. 1388 - University of Cologne established. [1] 1396 - Constitution of Cologne in effect. [citation needed] 1400 - Gothic artist known as "Master of Saint Veronica" active (approximate date). [5 ...
The Cologne Beltway (German: Kölner Autobahnring) is the generic term for the Autobahns encircling Cologne. It consists of the Bundesautobahn 3 , the Bundesautobahn 4 and the Bundesautobahn 1 . With an average of 160,000 cars per day on the BAB 3 and 100,000 on A4 and A1, the beltway handles one of the highest traffic volumes in Germany.
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 ...
English: A locator (text-free) map showing the Electorate of Cologne as of 1645. This is based on Willem and Joan(nes) Blaeu's 1645 map File:Blaeu 1645 - Coloniensis Archiepiscopatus.jpg. Cologne was not part of the Electorate, although it was part of the Archibishopric. The gray lines show modern day national borders.
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.
The first urban settlement, on the grounds of what is today Downtown Cologne, along the Rhine, was Oppidum Ubiorum, which was founded in 38 BC by the Ubii. Cologne became acknowledged, as a city by the Romans in AD 50, by the name of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. Castellum Nigrum Pullum, Zwammerdam, Netherlands, artist impression Stevie Xinas
Pages in category "Geography of Cologne" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cologne Lowland;