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  2. Great St. Martin Church, Cologne - Wikipedia

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    A reconstruction of the appearance of the City of Cologne, as it may have appeared in the 3rd century, with one of the Rhine islands visible in the foreground. Great St Martin’s is located at the site of one of the original Rhine islands, situated east of the site of the Ancient Roman Praetorium. The island is no longer separate.

  3. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium - Wikipedia

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    North Rhine-Westphalia. Coordinates. 50°56′17″N6°57′25″E50.938056°N 6.956944°E. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman colony in the Rhineland from which the city of Cologne, now in Germany, developed. It was usually called Colonia (colony) and was the capital of the Roman province of Germania Inferior and the headquarters ...

  4. Cologne - Wikipedia

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    Cologne (/ kəˈloʊn / ⓘ kə-LOHN; German: Köln [kœln] ⓘ; Kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœlə] ⓘ) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part ...

  5. History of Cologne - Wikipedia

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    The History of Cologne covers over 2000 years of urban history. In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"; since the Frankish rule it is known as Cologne. The city became an influential merchant stronghold in the early Middle Ages due to its location on the Rhine, which allowed ...

  6. Romano-Germanic Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Römisch-Germanisches Museum, which opened in 1974, is near Cologne Cathedral, on the site of a 3rd-century villa. The villa was discovered in 1941 during the construction of an air-raid shelter. On the floor of the main room of the villa is the renowned Dionysus mosaic. Since the mosaic could not be moved easily, the architects Klaus ...

  7. Cologne Lowland - Wikipedia

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    Cologne Lowland. Coordinates: 50.9381°N 6.9569°E. The Cologne Lowland, [1][2] also called the Cologne Bay[1] or, less commonly, the Cologne Bight (German: Kölner Bucht), is a densely populated area of Germany lying between the cities of Bonn, Aachen, and Düsseldorf / Neuss. It is situated in the southwest of the state of North Rhine ...

  8. Rhineland - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the Rhineland. The Rhineland (German: Rheinland; Dutch: Rijnland; Kölsch: Rhingland; Latin: Rhenania) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section, it is also the main industrial heartland of Germany because its many factories and historic ties to the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia, German Empire and etc.

  9. Hohenzollern Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Hohenzollern Bridge (German: Hohenzollernbrücke) is a bridge crossing the river Rhine in the German city of Cologne (German: Köln). It crosses the Rhine at kilometre 688.5. Originally, the bridge was both a railway and road bridge. However, after its destruction in 1945 and subsequent reconstruction, the bridge has been only accessible to ...

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