Ribe Cathedral Ribe Denmark
Ribe Cathedral Ribe Denmark In 856 the missionary Ansgar visited Ribe where he built a small wooden church with the purpose of making a base for priests comming up from Germany and in 1134 the stone church was finalized Both towers should have had a similar spire but the right was was left flad as they ran out of money 248 stairs leads the vistor up to the top from where a great view over the town is offered The cathedral is built in tufa a porous rock from Cologne
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Location: Ribe. Denmark
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