St. Gereon
Church in Altstadt-Nord, Germany, dating from 1201
St. Gereon's Basilica (Basilika Sankt Gereon) is a German Roman Catholic church in Cologne, dedicated to Saint Gereon, and designated a minor basilica on 25 June 1920. In the core of St. Gereon, significant remains of an oval central building with nine cones of ancient Roman architecture from the second half of the 4th century (between 350 and 365) have been preserved. This, the lower part of today's decagon, is one of the most important examples of ancient representative architecture north of the Alps and, alongside the somewhat older Trier Cathedral (core building around 340) and the Trier A
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- Type:
- Church
- Period:
- 1201
- Where:
- Altstadt-Nord, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.94°N, 6.95°E
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