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2 places in Cologne

The Richter Window – Gerhard Richter's Window in Cologne Cathedral© Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Richter Window – Gerhard Richter's Window in Cologne Cathedral

since 2007

An abstract church window made of 11,263 randomly arranged coloured squares, designed by artist Gerhard Richter for the south transept of Cologne Cathedral.

St. Petrus und Paulus (Vom Guten Hirten)© Elke Wetzig · CC BY-SA 4.0

St. Petrus und Paulus (Vom Guten Hirten)

since 1962

Built between 1962 and 1964 to designs by Fritz Schaller in Cologne's Lindenthal district, this church began as a convent church for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and has served the Syriac Orthodox community as St. Petrus und Paulus since 1991.

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