Recent searches
Search options
Turns out that #Cologne's coat of arms has a quite complex history. If you want to learn what a #martyr and #bees have to do with it, I recently summarized some information about it on my blog: 
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/weekend_stories_told/2024-02-10-cologne_coat_of_arms/
One of many St. Ursula reliquaries in the Church of St. Ursula (#Cologne).
The martyrdom of St. Ursula and her companions, depicted in the bronze door of St. Ursula’s Church in #Cologne. Created by the Cologne sculptor Theo Heiermann in 1959.
The Golden Chamber in St. Ursula, #Cologne. The room stores the countless so-called Ursula relics, making it the largest ossuary north of the Alps.
The Three Wise Men at the Little Three Kings Gate at St. Mary’s in the Capitol basilica in #Cologne. These are copies, the originals from 1320-30, once painted in color, are today in the #MuseumSchnütgen.
