1500

University founded by bull of Pius II., XVIth century

BONN

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Primitive church founded by the mother of Constantine, 319

Present cathedral choir and crypt, 1157

Main fabric, XIIth and XIIIth centuries

The Electors of Cologne came to reside at Bonn, 1268

BOPPART

Hauptkirche built, 1200 (?)

Carmeliterkirche built, XVIth century

Boppart made a _ville imperiale_, XIVth century

CLEVES

Sacked by the Normans, IXth century

COBLENZ

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St. Castor founded by Louis the Pious, 836

Lower ranges of towers, XIth century

Reconciliation of Henry IV. with his sons, 1105

St. Bernard preached Crusades here, XIIth century

Bridge crossing the Moselle, 1344

COLMAR

St. Martin's foundations, XIIIth century

St. Martin's choir, 1315

Virgin of the Roses, XVth century

Dominican Convent of Unterlinden, 1232

COLOGNE

[Illustration: _Ancient Cathedral_]

Romanesque cathedral destroyed by fire, 1248

Foundation-stone of new cathedral laid, 1248

Charter mentioning St. Trond, 1257

Choir consecrated, 1322

Work stagnated, XVth and XVIth centuries

Work again undertaken, XVIIth century

Renaissance details added to choir, XVIIIth century

[Illustration: _Present Cathedral_]

Napoleon transferred archbishopric to Aix, XIXth century

See reestablished at Cologne, 1821

Restoration begun and choir reopened, 1842

Reliques of the "Three Kings" first brought from Milan, 1164

Tapestries in choir, XVth century

Glass in Chapel of the Three Kings, XVth century

Organ-case, 1572

Candelabra of choir, 1770

Nave consecrated, 1848

Wall between nave and choir broken out, 1863

Spires of towers added, 1870

Spires completed, 1880

Petrarch visited Cologne, 1331

Marie de Medici died at Cologne, 1642

[Illustration: _St. Maria in Capitolia_]

[Illustration: _St. Cunibert's_]

St. Maria in Capitolia (nave), XIth century

St. Maria in Capitolia (apses), XIIth century

St. Pantaleon, 980

Apostles' Church, XIth century

St. Gereon's (primitive church), Vth century

Jews driven from Cologne, 1425

Protestants driven from Cologne, 1618

Abbey of Altenburg (glass), 1270-1300

Abbey of Altenburg (choir), 1255

[Illustration: _St. Martin's_]

[Illustration: _Church of the Apostles_]

[Illustration: _St. Gereon's_]

[Illustration: _Crypt, St. Gereon's_]

CONSTANCE

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City founded by Emperor Constanc