Cologne Cathedral

1 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) View from accross the Rhine river with the railroad bridge to the right.	2 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) View from the Cologne side of the Rhine river.	3 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) View of the right side from Romcalli Platz.	4 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) View of the front from Dom Platz. At 157 meters, at the time of completion the spires were the tallest in the world.	5 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) The front entrance.
6 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) The nave from just inside the front entrance.	7 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) Alter of the Poor Clares as seen from the left of the nave. The alter came from the Franciscan convent of St Clara in 1811.	8 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) Alter of the Poor Clares (in open view) from 1350 has a pair of double wings. The paintings on the wings were painted over in 1400.	9 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) Altar for the adoration of St. Mary, the mother of Christ shown covered with offerings.	10 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) The Crucifix of Bishop Gero, 10th century, the oldest known large crucifix.
11 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) Crucifix in the east end of the cathedral.	12 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) The high altar, the most sacred altar in the cathedral	13 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) The crucified Jesus Christ.	14 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880)	15 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880)
16 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880)	17 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880)	18 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) An average of 20,000 people a day visited the Cologne Cathedral in 2010.	19 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) Archeologists looking for pre-Christian artifacts.	20 Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) Cologne, Germany (1248 - 1880) View of the cathedral from accross the Rhine river with the city of Cologne in the backgrond