Cologne Through the Ages

Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Cologne Through the Ages

  • 1 hr 29 min
  • 1.3 mi
  • 12 stops
  • Historical
  • Free
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Cologne is one of those rare cities where you can stand in a single square and feel the weight of more than two thousand years pressing in around you. Founded by the Romans in the first century AD as Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, it grew into one of the most important cities in the ancient world, and it never really stopped. This walking tour is an invitation to move through that layered history on foot, letting the streets themselves tell the story.

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Stops on this tour

  1. Cologne Cathedral
  2. Heinzelmännchenbrunnen
  3. Duftmuseum im Farina Haus
  4. Basilica of St Mary
  5. Gürzenich Köln
  6. Heumarkt
  7. Fish Market
  8. Treppenturm des Stapelhauses
  9. Great St. Martin Church
  10. Old Market
  11. Historisches Rathaus
  12. The Praetorium

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