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Cologne Cathedral

cathedral · 1248 AD–present

Cologne Cathedral, a cathedral recorded 1248 AD–present: 2 mapped phases, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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At a glance

Construction began
1248 AD
Completed
1880 AD

Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1248 AD–1879 AD—high confidenceno observation date recordedUnder construction.
1880 AD–present—high confidenceno observation date recordedStanding, and still stands today. Work stopped in 1473 and resumed in 1842.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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