Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, seen here in the 19th century. Of Gothic architecture, consruction of the cathedral started in 1248 but was halted around 1560, work resumed again in 1842 until 1880, restoration began in the 1950's after the cathedral suffered damage by aerial bombs during World War II. From Les Plus Belles Eglises du Monde, published 1861.

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