Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is a massive Gothic cathedral in Cologne, Germany, that took over 600 years to finish. It is Cologne's second tallest skyscraper, visible from practically every location in the city. The current Cologne Cathedral was built in 1248 on the site of a Roman villa considered to date back to the 4th century, as well as many ever bigger churches.

The construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 and was left incomplete in the years around 1560. Attempts to finish the project began in 1814, but it didn't get off the ground until the 1840s. In 1880, the structure was finished according to its original Medieval design.

The architects of Cologne's medieval cathedral designed a large construction to contain the Three Kings' reliquary and fit the city's function as a site of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite the fact that it was left unfinished throughout the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral was finally completed as "a masterwork of great intrinsic worth" and "a striking testament to the strength and tenacity of Christian conviction in medieval and contemporary Europe." Only the telecoms tower surpasses the church in height.

Location: Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln