History of Cologne
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The history of Cologne covers over 2000 years of urban history. In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"; since the Frankish rule i
Fresco with Dionysian scenes from a Roman villa of Cologne, Germany (site of the ancient city Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium), 3rd century AD, Romano-Germanic Museum
Fresco with Dionysian scenes from a Roman villa of Cologne, Germany (site of the ancient city Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium), 3rd century AD, Romano-Germanic Museum
Reconstruction of the Carolingian cathedral, consecrated in 873
Cologne around 1411
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman colony in the Rhineland from which the city of Cologne, now in Germany, developed.
History of Cologne
…The history of Cologne covers over 2000 years of urban history. In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"; since the Frankish rule it is known by derivatives of simply Colonia, including German Cöln (later Köln) and French (borrowed into English) Cologne…
Tower 13, so-called "Roman tower" northwest corner of the CCAA
Ubiermonument (c. AD 4) in the Archaeological Zone
Reconstructed model of the Capitoline Temple (early 2nd century AD), today site of the church St. Maria im Kapitol
CCAA inscription above the north gate next to the cathedral