From the archives: Cologne Cathedral’s topping out ceremony, 1880

By Tom Lowe2023-04-14T06:00:00

Cologne Cathedral, completed in 1800, still has the largest facade of any church in the world

Our archives series continues its trip across the channel this week with a report on the completion of Cologne Cathedral in Germany. Like the Eiffel Tower, which we featured last week, the cathedral became the tallest structure ever built when the final stone was laid in October 1880. Unlike the Parisian edifice, however, it had taken 632 years to complete.

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