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Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.
May 16, 2024 · Information and interactive map to the Roman ruins and landmarks in Cologne, including collections in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum.
Aug 9, 2021 · Where you see the Cologne city center today, the main Roman town came into being. In the year 50 AD Agrippina, the wife of the then Roman emperor Claudius, made sure that this place got the rank of a “Roman colony”.
When Cologne was elevated to Free Imperial City status at the end of the 15th century, it was the largest city in the Holy Roman Empire, but only one of several important trading centers between the Scheldt and Elbe.
Geography: Cologne is the northernmost colony founded by the Romans. Click on the map at left to see an enlarged overview of the cities founded by the Romans in Europe Also see this Map of Roman Empire (150 CE) Roman History of Cologne. Over 2000 years ago, Augustus envisioned the tribal capital of the Ubii to be the seat of a future province ...
Oct 15, 2024 · Cologne is the seat of a university and the see of a Roman Catholic archbishop. Its cathedral, the largest Gothic church in northern Europe, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996; it is the city’s major landmark and unofficial symbol. Area 156 square miles (405 square km).
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Jun 4, 2013 · For the past ten years, archaeologists from the Römisch-Germanisches Museum have been digging an area of Cologne destined to become part of the new north–south city railway. The 4km-long (2.5 mile) route runs from the Central Station into the southern part of the city.
