Germany

Koln (Cologne)  is the 4th largest city in Germany and located on both sides of the Rhine.  It was founded and established in the first century AD.  It was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during WWII.  It reduced the population by 95% and destroyed almost the entire city. 

 

This is a house that was spared during the bombing

 

 

Roman-Germanic Museum is an archaeological museum.  It has a large collection of Roman artifacts from the Roman settlement of colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium on which Koln is built.  The museum protects the original site of a Roman town villa, from which a large Dionysus mosaic remains in its original place.

 

A small dog may bring down a wild boar and the weak can overcome the strong is from the teachings of Diogenes.

 

 

Concordia was a popular Christian name.

Bronze jewelry

Roman funeral jewelry, wreaths of flowers and leaves made out of thin gold foil

 

 Cologne Cathedral is across the Rhine.  It stands 516 feet tall.  It is a monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.  It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average 20,000 people.  Construction started on it in 1248, but was halted in 1473 because the money was spent on religious wars.  It didn't restart again to the 19th century and was completed in 1880.
	 / 50.9413; 6.958
	

 

We celebrated our 25th Anniversary by putting our love lock on the bridge in Cologne.

 The town of Bruhl, Germany was the residence of the Prince Bishops of Clogne  IN the 18th century the Prince Bishop Clemens August replaced a former ruined castle and built Augustusburg and Falkenlust palaces near the city center.  Both are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.