Cologne Cathedral

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Architecture · 1248–1880 · Cologne · Europe

Took 632 years to finish; in 1880 it became the world's tallest building

Cologne Cathedral — Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Gothic — Pointed vaults, flying buttresses and stained glass: the wall dissolves into coloured light
Century: 13th century

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