Groß St. Peter und Maria | Cologne, Germany

[Patrick]

157m
observation deck in 100m, you have to go 509 steps upstairs
built from 1248-1880

IMO a masterpiece of gothic architecture / 10 pts.

http://images.google.de/images?q=K%C3%B6lner+Dom&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=de

http://kunst.krienke.org/bilder_koeln/dom/Koeln_3_2003.jpg

[Private Joker]

10 points for that masterpiece!

For its architecture (and thats what im voting for) it has to be a 10 of course, but there are still too many quick´n´dirty repairs in the main front and also the surroundings really sucks.
It is the most astonishing building i ever visited, the interior view is just breath-taking!

[cologne68]

Natürlich 10/10.

[Jarmo K]

Natürlich 10/10.

indeed!!!

[Phobos]

10/10
the best gotic church in the WORLD!
congratulations for the picture!

[Raine]

of course 10/10. ;]

[Kölner]

Ich liebe dieses gebäude seit den ich geboren bin.
Ich ging jedes wochenende, also ich gib ihn 10/10

[Kölner]

kann man mir sagen welches arschloch dem Dom 'ne 3 gegeben??????
:bleep:

[weilene]

Where is this????

[OlekD]

10/10 - one of the greatest building in Europe!!!

[Jarmo K]

Where is this????

uhmmm.... Köln/Cologne, Germany....

[Kaneda]

10/10 .. Ofcourse !! :okay:

[SoboleuS]

9.5/10 - my favourite skyscraper in Germany ;):D (I can't rate it 10/10, because it needs some cleaning IMO...)

[Imperfect Ending]

9.5/10

I like it :)
It looks evil :D

[Gerard]

It is very beatiful indeed. But no 10 sorry.
9/10.

[Kampflamm]

9.5/10 - my favourite skyscraper in Germany ;):D (I can't rate it 10/10, because it needs some cleaning IMO...)

You're right. What's more, some pieces (ornaments or whatever the correct architectural term is) are actually missing. It needs a good cleaning and some additional restauration. Too bad it's so big, when they're done they can start all over again.

[Joshapd]

10/10 The view is great! :)

[Joshapd]

kann man mir sagen welches arschloch dem Dom 'ne 3 gegeben??????
:bleep:
Ich nicht! :runaway:

[Basel_United]

8.5, ein wenig zu kalt/düster von der Fassade her, was für ein Gestein wurde dabei überhaupt verwendet?

[Sky | Kai]

@ basel united
soweit ich weiß, ist es sandstein.
man muss sich vorstellen, dass der dom eigentlich ganz hell sein sollte, nur leider ist der sandstein so anfällig für dreck/schmutz/ruß.

i like it, although some of the modern additions are really ugly - 9,5/10. there is no perfection.

[Kampflamm]

If you ever happen to visit Cologne, you'll notice almost bright white statues...that's what the parts of the Cathedral looked like when they were first built. They're also rebuilding a small part which was destroyed during WW2, pretty interesting to see what the building looked like centuries ago.

[Basel_United]

Eine Fassadenreinigung würde dem Teil echt gut tun, so dass es in "altem" glanz erstrahlen könnte.
Sandsteinbauten haben ihr Flair, bspw. das aus rotem Sandstein bestehende Basler Münster, siehe Link
http://www.picswiss.ch/Basel/BS-l3-05.html

[blimey]

SO beautiful!

[Matthieu]

10 for this masterpiece. Can't believe someone voted 3 or less.

[Kampflamm]

http://db2.fotocommunity.de/picserver/pic/68/1002168.jpg

[DamienK]

9/10

[Matthieu]

http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew/landscapes/Cologne_Cathedral_and_Hohenzollern_Bridge,_Cologne,_Germany1.jpg

http://www.ashlintree.com/Lucerne%20to%20Netherlands/Image%201442%20Stainglass%20Cologne%20Cathedral.jpg

http://www.ashlintree.com/Lucerne%20to%20Netherlands/Image%201443%20Cologne%20Cathedral%20Stainglass.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~eby/cologne2.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/cologne06.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/cologne05.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/cologne04.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/cologne01.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/cologne02.jpg

[Matthieu]

Kampflamm, you're from Cologne? It would be the coolest thing on earth to go take some pictures of this wonder.

[Fabio]

9.5/10

just awesome

[LuckyLuke]

after a construction time of 600 years it deserves a 10 :cheers:

[Ellatur]

10/10

is it true that there is the sarcophagus of the three magis here?

[Kampflamm]

Yes, it's in there.

http://www.muenic.de/koeln/hdk-schrein.jpg

@Exarchus: my camera's in a repair shop right now

[LuckyLuke]

you can also find this in the Dom... This was some years ago :)

http://img192.echo.cx/img192/7210/nacktimdom2mq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

[DRAKKO]

10/10

[Valia]

Here is the tomb of Orient Kings of the Bible. And too is in the list of World Heritage. No more words are necesaries. 10/10

Three forumers had voted, 3 or less, i cannot urdertaend it :(

[LuckyLuke]

This View is amazing! :runaway:

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3202/picture00055bw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5615/42457350ru.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7732/n94668js.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Dom during or after the war!

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8938/koelnerdom3gh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[beta29]

That´s the Kölner Dom man!

10/10 of course, what a question! :)

[El_Greco]

10.

[LuckyLuke]

...

[xXMrPinkXx]

By far the best gothic Building in Germany and maybe the most famous in the whole country.
Of course a 10 for this Masterpiece!

http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/photochroms/ppmsca/00809r.jpg

[SUNNY]

5/10 I don't like it looks very gothic.

[LuckyLuke]

^ How on Earth can you give this masterpiece a 5???
A construction time of 600 years doesn't deserve a 5!

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/6929/27699462ij.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/3820/26077980ll.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8881/27883110eb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/3326/12793421uh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/7161/17480755qy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[SUNNY]

Well let me tell you something, it's my choice not yours BTW it's in the options it's not like I've done something bad. Some people have given less then 3 to taj mahal and the great wall of china and what the hell is this in comapre to those two wondes of the world.

[LuckyLuke]

Of course it's your decision but to vote for a UNESCO World Heritage with 5 seems really not right! Nationalistic voting is usually a reason to vote with 3

The Dom and La Sagrada Familia together!

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9414/15777070ng.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3202/picture00055bw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5615/42457350ru.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7732/n94668js.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Dom during or after the war!

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8938/koelnerdom3gh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Camaway]

8

It would get more if the facade was cleaned up and something was done to improve the god-ugly concrete monster of a square at its base.

[LuckyLuke]

8

It would get more if the facade was cleaned up and something was done to improve the god-ugly concrete monster of a square at its base.

There is a new square since this summer and of course they are cleaning the facade all the time. It will just take many years

See tzhe new square here: http://deutsches-architektur-forum.de/forum/showthread.php?t=2661

...btw There's a Legend that says that once when the Cathedral will be finished the Apocalypse is near. Well before the 1st world war the catherdral was finished and we all know what happened.

[John-Claude]

10/10

As perfect as a cathedral can get. It is massive and yet fragile with all those tiny ornaments and carvings and decorations. A true masterpiece.

[dom]

I've seen this cathedral in person and its staggaring. It beggars belief that someone only gave it a 5.

Koln Cathedral is an architectural event. A monument to mankinds dream to reach the skies. I love tall churches; this, Ulm, Salisbury and St Olafs are all jaw-droppingly tall. I wish Lincoln Cathedral's triple spires still existed as well.

When will the cleaning programme be finished?

[Patrick]

the Colonians say: If the cathedrale will be finished, the world goes under (apocalypse)! ;)

[forvine]

9.5/10

[Kampflamm]

it looks very gothic.

No sh*t, Sherlock.

[Kampflamm]

...btw There's a Legend that says that once when the Cathedral will be finished the Apocalypse is near. Well before the 1st world war the catherdral was finished and we all know what happened.

As far as I know it was never really finished. Once the Cathedral had been consecrated, they more or less started work on various parts and it obviously continues to this day. We already know that no living person will ever see the cathedral w/o scaffolding.

[Grand]

One of the most SPECTACULAR building in the world! In reality looks very impressive !!!! :master: :master: :master: :master: :master: :eek2: :eek2:

[JohnnyMass]

5/10 I don't like it looks very gothic.
:hilarious
that's because IT IS gothic!:hilarious
10/10!:lovethem:

[JohnnyMass]

Actually, I've been building my own since January...:D~
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/joao74/maquetes/m1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/joao74/maquetes/Picture072.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/joao74/maquetes/Picture074.jpg

[LuckyLuke]

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: You work is magnificent!!!

[JohnnyMass]

not finished yet!::D still have all the south side to go!;)

[Reflex]

10/10 - no doubt!:okay:

[Mercutio]

10 for the building, but they should really do something about the surrounding. The old square was plain ugly and the new one looks pretty mediocre at best. Unfortunately, this type of development is quiet typical for many German cities.

[Sinjin P.]

9.5/10

[xXMrPinkXx]

This Cathedral remains the biggest Gothic structure in the world! When it was finnaly finished in 1880 after more than 600 years of construction it was even the World's tallest structure!

[Matthieu]

I'm sending this one to the industrial era because of the extensive use of steel in its construction, not only in the spires that are only a decorative feature but also in the ceiling and to sustain most of the structure.

[Tiaren]

Most impressive cathedral on earth! :-)
I love it and give it 10/10

[Mosaic]

10/10

[LuckyLuke]

nice photo of Cologne at the end of the 19th century
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/6026/koelnluftaufnahme3vt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[clarky]

9.5/10

[Stiggen]

8/10

[groentje]

A bit too busy, perhaps, but very beautiful. 8,5/10

[LuckyLuke]

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9177/4686995zp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Joe_centennial]

built from 1248-1880? Why did it take so long to build it?

[groentje]

built from 1248-1880? Why did it take so long to build it?
Money, what else?

[Dreamlıneя]

9/10

[gutooo]

10!

One of the best!

[delmaule]

10/10

[erbsenzaehler]

10/10 - A truely masterpiece!! :drunk:

Cologne with nearly the only remaining building in the city center - The DOME!
(The Allieds had still a spark of respect for this sanctual and magic place...)

1945
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/images/3121-20.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Koeln_1945.jpg

http://www.wdr.de/themen/politik/deutschland/kriegsende_1945/_img/koeln_dpa_400q.jpg

http://www.german.leeds.ac.uk/img/IMG_files/image072.jpg

http://www.koelnarchiv-lambertin.de/bilder/alby1.JPG

http://www.lsg.musin.de/geschichte/geschichte/Material/1945Lk/koeln1945.jpg

http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/endeanf/gifs/fotos/claa58.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,445426,00.jpg

http://www.ifa.de/a/a1/foto/pics/subjektiv_claasen.jpg

http://webarchiv.bundestag.de/archive/2006/0505/blickpunkt/bilderInhalte/0501/500px/0501020.jpg


I think everyone can understand now, why Cologne looks like that today:

http://www.dialo.de/images/cityGuides/koeln/Koeln_Panorama.large.jpg

http://www.dialo.de/images/cityGuides/koeln/Koeln_Hohenzollernbruecke.large.jpg

http://www.dialo.de/images/cityGuides/koeln/Koeln_Nachtaufnahme.large.jpg

:fiddle:

[KoolKeatz]

A masterpiece! 10/10

[goschio]

I think everyone can understand now, why Cologne looks like that today:
http://www.dialo.de/images/cityGuides/koeln/Koeln_Panorama.large.jpg


Yes, its realy sad. :(

[W!CKED]

9/10

[Kelsen]

10/10

[marpa]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG/800px-Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG
wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral)

10/10

[morila]

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8732/klnvn7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/2998/kln01nov007oy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

10/10!

[zwischbl]

3 ???? :lol:
which city elese has to offer sth like that?

10/10!

[billyandmandy]

10/10

[Kampflamm]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN1.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN5.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN10b.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN24.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN6.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN25.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN26.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/CGN11.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/NightCOL1.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/NightCOL2b.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/NightCOL3c.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/NightCOL8b.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/Aviller71/NightCOL6.jpg

[il fenomeno]

average

[LMCA1990]

9/10

[Nikkodemo]

:eek:

9/10