Cologne
Cologne (German: Köln, pronounced [kœln]) is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Romans in the year 38 BC.
5th March 2010
Cologne cityscape
Category: Travels - Germany
Tags: Cityscape, Cologne, River, Ship, Water.
28th June 2009
Cologne cityscape
Category: Travels - Germany
Tags: Bridge, Cityscape, Cologne, Monastery, River.
28th June 2009
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral
(German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria) is the seat of the
Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, and is under the administration of the
archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of German Catholicism
in particular, of Gothic architecture, and of the faith and perseverance of the people
of the city in which it stands. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary.Category: Travels - Germany
Tags: Cathedral, Cologne.