Romanesque church

One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches – its distinctive crossing tower shapes the old-town skyline by the Rhine.

A Romanesque village church in northern Cologne – with a choir that recreates the famous collegiate church of St. Gereon in miniature.

A Romanesque-Gothic basilica near the cathedral – burial church of Albertus Magnus, with a colourful stained-glass cycle by Markus Lüpertz.

One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches – with a magnificent trefoil choir on Neumarkt and a minor basilica since 1965.

A Romanesque basilica that today houses the Schnütgen Museum of medieval art – a sacred space and museum in one.

A Romanesque columned basilica in the Südstadt, called the ‘Ravenna on the Rhine' – with ancient columns from Roman buildings.

A spectacular Romanesque church with a ten-sided decagon – the largest free-vaulted central building of the Middle Ages north of the Alps.

The youngest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches, near the Rhine – famous for its splendid medieval stained glass.

The largest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches – famous for its trefoil plan, the carved wooden door of 1065 and its Renaissance rood screen.

The smallest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches – with almost fully preserved 13th-century vault frescoes and the ‘Boatmen's Madonna'.

An early Romanesque monastery church in the Südstadt with an Ottonian westwork – burial place of the Byzantine empress Theophanu.

A Romanesque basilica in the lively Severin quarter – its roots reach back to a late-antique memorial building of the 4th century.

A Romanesque basilica over a Roman cemetery – famous for the Baroque ‘Golden Chamber' with the relics of Saint Ursula.