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Its foundations (c.960 AD) rest on remnants of a Roman chapel, built on what was then an island in the Rhine. The church was later transformed into a Benedictine monastery. The current buildings, including a soaring crossing tower that is a landmark of Cologne's Old Town, were erected between 1150-1250.
Cologne Cathedral; German architecture; Romanesque architecture; List of regional characteristics of Romanesque churches; Romanesque secular and domestic architecture; Literature. Hiltrud Kier: Via Sacra zu Fuß, Kölns Städtebau und die Romanischen Kirchen. Bachem Verlag, Köln 2003 (²/2005) ISBN 3-7616-1704-6.
St. Gereon's Basilica ( Basilika Sankt Gereon) is a German Roman Catholic church in Cologne, dedicated to Saint Gereon, and designated a minor basilica on 25 June 1920. The first mention of a church at the site, dedicated to St. Gereon, appears in 612. However, the building of the current choir gallery, apse, and transepts occurred later ...
Style. Romanesque. St. Cecilia's Church ( Cäcilienkirche, Colognian pronunciation: [tsɪnˈtsila]) is one of the twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne’s old city, maintained by the Foundation of Romanesque Churches in Cologne. The present building, little changed since its inception, dates from 1130-60. [1] Since 1956, the church has been ...
The former collegiate church is dedicated to the twelve Apostles. It is one of the twelve Romanesque churches built in Cologne in that period. [1] The church has a basilical plan of nave and aisles, and like Groß St. Martin and St. Maria im Kapitol, has three apses at the east end making a trefoil plan. There is a single tower of 67 metres at ...
St. Andrew's (German: St. Andreas) is a 10th-century Romanesque church located in the old town of Cologne, Germany. It is one of twelve churches built in Cologne in that period. Archbishop Gero consecrated the church in 974, dedicating it to St. Andrew, although an earlier church at the site was dedicated to St. Matthew. In the 12th century ...
St. Maria Lyskirchen is the smallest of the twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne. [1] It was founded in 948, and the present building dates from 1210 to 1220, with some later additions in the Gothic style. [2] The upper parts of the west front were rebuilt in the 19th century. [3] The church is in the form of a three-aisled basilica, with a ...
The Basilica of St. Cunibert [1] [2] also St. Kunibert ( German pronunciation: [ˌzaŋt ˈkuːniˌbɛʁt], Colognian pronunciation: [ˌtsɪnt ˈkʊnɪˌbɛːt]) is the last of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches to be built. It was consecrated in 1247, one year before work on the Gothic Cologne Cathedral began. It was declared a minor basilica ...