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Time stamp series Tourist Attractions - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2001 - 440 Pfennig

Designer: Prof. Fritz und Sibylle Haase

Time stamp series Tourist Attractions - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2001 - 440 Pfennig


Theme: Architecture
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date2001
Face Value440.00 
PerforationK 14
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2079
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID279685
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Duration stamp series »Sights« Cologne Cathedral On October 15, 1880, the Cologne Cathedral was completed after a construction period of exactly 632 years and two months. This was one of the boldest construction project in European architectural history has been completed. As early as the third century AD, there was a Christian sanctuary on the site of the present cathedral. At the time of Charlemagne, they began construction of a mighty cathedral and consecrated it on September 27, 870, in honor of St. Peter. In 1248 it was decided to build a completely new church in the style of the then emerging high Gothic cathedrals of France. Today, the Cologne Cathedral is one of the grandest church buildings in the world. Cologne's landmark was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1996.

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Duration stamp series »Sights« Cologne Cathedral On October 15, 1880, the Cologne Cathedral was completed after a construction period of exactly 632 years and two months. This was one of the boldest construction project in European architectural history has been completed. As early as the third century AD, there was a Christian sanctuary on the site of the present cathedral. At the time of Charlemagne, they began construction of a mighty cathedral and consecrated it on September 27, 870, in honor of St. Peter. In 1248 it was decided to build a completely new church in the style of the then emerging high Gothic cathedrals of France. Today, the Cologne Cathedral is one of the grandest church buildings in the world. Cologne's landmark was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1996..