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Cologne Cathedral is also attractive because of its grandeur. The cathedral has two high towers as the main gate, and the plane is a Latin cross. The building complex is 86 meters wide from north to south and 145 meters long from east to west. The area is equivalent to a football field. The entire church is made of 400,000 tons of stones, and there are 10 in total. chapel.
There is also the largest altar in medieval Germany in the church. There are 104 wooden seats for believers to sit on both sides of the altar. The seats are all made of thick wood. After nearly a thousand years of use, the patina is heavy and the wood grain is bright. Above the four walls of the altar, there are more than 10,000 square meters of glass windows, inlaid with stained glass to reveal the story of the Bible, reflected by the sunlight, shining, magnificent and colorful, which is breathtaking.
The most precious cultural relic in the church is the three holy niches. This is a treasure box made of gold, precious stones and rare ornaments by the famous goldsmith Nicholas in the 12th century for 40 years. Inside, the remains of the three holy sacreds of the East are enshrined. According to the "Gospel of Matthew", in ancient times, under the guidance of the stars in the sky, the three doctors of the East saw the newly born Jesus and offered gold, frankincense and myrrh. They are honored as the Three Holy Kings, and their remains are the holy relics of Christian believers. In 1164, the Archbishop of Cologne fought in Milan and obtained the above-mentioned holy relics. The bishops decided to build a church to enshrine. After the completion of the church, Cologne became a holy place on par with Jerusalem, Constantinople and Rome. There are thousands of pilgrims come here to worship and admire every year.
