Church of St. Cecilia — Attraction in Cologne

St. Cäcilien is one of twelve large Romanesque churches in the Old Town of Cologne. It was the church of the patron saint of St. Cecilia, from the 15th century to secularization 1802 of the monastery of Maria zum Weiher. The Hohenstaufen building is a towerless three-aisled pillar basilica without transept. The southern aisle concludes with a round apse. The northern aisle, on the other hand, flows into a sacristy built in 1479 in place of the original apse. In the choir of the central nave are frescoes, which, however, are difficult to recognize because they were severely affected by the severe damage in the Second World War. The flat wooden ceiling of the nave are the cross vaults of the...

Im Jahr 1980 besprühte der Künstler Oskar Naegli das westliche Hauptportal Kölner Totentanz".Die Wandzeichnung "der Knochenmann" ist bis heute erhalten geblieben und wurde unter...

Die Kirche scheint nur im Rahmen eines Museumsbesuchs begehbar zu sein. Wir haben rundum nach einem Eingang gesucht. Nicht wirklich nett... Daher blieb...