posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The northern apse is visible to the left, beyond the tower. The transept of the nave closes behind the West Tower.\u000a\u000aDominated by the cathedral, the city changed its appearance from the 10th century with the construction of St Maria im Kapitol, Gross St Martin (1150-1230), St C\u00E4cilien (ca. 1130-1160; now part of Schn\u00FCtgen-Mus) and St Aposteln (begun ca. 1030), which rose above the tightly packed burgher houses. One of the twelve Romanesque-era churches left in Cologne, which formed the shape of a cross within a circle in the city. Sancta Colonia was thus laid out according to the Christian plan of redemption by Archbishop Bruno I (953-965). St Aposteln is a three-aisled basilica with three apses (triconch choir, ca. 1200) and a small octagonal tower at the crossing.
History
Alt Title
Basilika St. Aposteln
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-06-30
Spatial Coverage
Cologne|Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: Neumarkt 30|+50.936639+6.945
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
Romanesque
Rights Statement
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