Cologne Cathedral (Cologne, 1880)

Cologne Cathedral

Location:	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
Address:	Domkloster 4

	tower height	157.38 m - 156.78 m
	building area	8 000 m²

building structure	masonry

1248	Archbishop Conrad lays first stone.
1560 - 1840	Construction interrupted for financial reasons
1860	Karl Friedrich Schinkel finishes his report on the completion of the cathedral
15 October 1880	Consecration of the cathedral in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm I. Cologne Cathedral is the tallest building in the world until 1889.
1996	Listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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