So, in 1248, the people of Cologne began building a new, more fitting church. Its completion took an impressive 632 years, with the new cathedral not completed until 1880. The Cologne Cathedral ...

But the architect formerly in charge of Cologne Cathedral in neighboring Germany fears things are moving ... "There was a great danger that the entire church would collapse," she now recalls.

A German regional court on Tuesday ordered the Archdiocese of Cologne to pay €300,000 ... A far higher sum than Germany's Catholic Church dioceses have paid in voluntary, symbolic compensation ...

It wasn’t until 1821 that the Archdiocese of Cologne was reestablished (although the building was used as a parish church beginning in 1801). Nevertheless, the two towers of the cathedral were ...

That's where our famous cathedral is. 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 ...