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Presentation of Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Romans in the year 38 BC.

History of Cologne

The Romans brought Christianity to Cologne, which became the episcopal see from the fourth century.
The city kept a few vestiges of its Roman past; Dionysus mosaic in the Roman-Germanic Museum, the remains of Roman walls, the remnants of the Eifel Aqueduct that brings water from a remote source of a hundred kilometers to the city.

Episcopal become after its conquest by the Franks, the city receives the relics of the three kings. For them, we built the present cathedral which crowns the city, was begun in 1248 and consecrated in September 1322. The last stone is made in the south tower, in the presence of Emperor William I on 15 October 1880.

Under the German Reich, the strong "von Biehler" are erected in large numbers in 1873 by Hans von Biehler Alexis, and the fortress belt Cologne.

The Second World War: On 30 May 1942, the allies are performing their first 1 000 Bombers' raid on the city. Cologne then undergoes a first series of destructive raids which leave the city in a state of total ruin. According to General Arthur Harris, it was necessary to break the morale and industrial potential of the enemy with massive strategic bombing. This is the beginning of an offensive three years on major German cities. Only the cathedral remained standing completely.

See the full history of Cologne on Wikipedia.

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