COLOGNE

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COLOGNE
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The Beginning

• - in 50 AD Romans founded Cologne next to the
  river Rhine
• - at first the city was called Colonia Claudia
  Ara Agrippinensis (colony of Claudius and the
  altar of Agrippina), or Colonia Agrippina (the
  Colony of Agrippina)

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• Cologne in 60 AD

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The Eifel aqueduct

• - built in 80 AD
• whole city was supplied with 20.000 cubic meters
  of water every day
• It was one of the longest aqueducts in the Roman
  empire

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• a part of the aqueduct

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The Cologne Cathedral

• - till 1884 the biggest building of the world
• - there was an old cathedral till 1164
• - since 1164 till 1820 the new one was build
• - in the Cologne cathedral there is a coffin with
  the skeletons of the Three kings

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• a table about the Cologne Cathedral

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• The Cologne Cathedral

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• Coffin with the skeletons of the Three Kings

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Eau de Cologne

• - (Kölnisch Wasser in German) was invented in1709
  by Giovanni Maria Farina
• - a light perfume
• - originated in Cologne

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• towelette
• eau de toilette

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Colognes coat of arms

• - it was made in the 16th century
• - the three crowns are from the Three Kings
• - the eleven tears are from the 11.000 virgins
  which were killed in Cologne

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• Colognes coat of arms

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Colognes city wall

• - was made in many steps since the first century
  AD
• - like a ring around the city
• - in the 19th century it was completed
• - in 1881 the city wall was destroyed
• - today there are just remains of the city wall

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• remains of the city wall
• remains of the city wall next to our school

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Colognes multifunctional arena

• - used for ice hockey matches (Cologne Sharks),
  concerts and festivals
• - opened in 1998
• - 20.000 people can sit there

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• Colognes multifunctional arena

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Cologne and the 2nd world war

• 90 were destroyed except Cologne cathedral and
  other churches
• 690.000 people were killed

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• I got this information from
• WIKIPEDIA