COLOGNE, Germany (AP ... said he developed such a close connection to the Catholic cathedral that at some point it felt like the building became a part of him “like it’s a dear friend ...

Throughout the room were pictures of Cologne Cathedral ... it bears many iconic elements of the style: pointed arches, flying buttresses, tall spires, rib vaults, window tracery, and stained ...

Directing the gaze heavenward, the pointed arch helped emphasize the ... In the German city of Cologne, the magnificent Gothic cathedral was begun in 1248; its iconic twin spires were not ...

But with a pointed arch, the weight pushes not down but out. As a tour guide, it s fun to demonstrate this by building a Gothic cathedral out of tourists: You start with six columns. These will ...