and this tradition was continued in the post-World War II reconstruction. In this respect, Cologne Cathedral may be considered to be sui generis and hence its authenticity is absolute. The laws and ...

Astonishingly, it was left undamaged by the German bombing during the second world war. St Martin’s was ... and fully reopened in 1938. The Cologne Cathedral was tested by multiple wars.

It is one of the most visited sites in Germany. It took 750 years to build it. Cologne cathedral has the largest free-swinging bell in the world. It's called Fat Peter and weighs 24 tonnes.

It is not unusual to find unexploded ordinances from World War II in Germany ... flattened a large portion of Cologne's city ...