Cologne Cathedral

A Gothic cathedral that took six centuries to finish, briefly the tallest building on Earth in the 1880s.

Why this matters

Construction halted in 1473, resumed 1842, completed 1880 to original 13th-century plans
Tallest twin spires of any church in the world (157 m)
Survived 14 WWII bombs that mostly missed
UNESCO World Heritage Site (1996)

Reference prompt

twin-spire gothic cathedral in dark sandstone with intricate tracery, Cologne Cathedral, dusk

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Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral ↗

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