![]() ![]() It was constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings and is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. ![]() The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral ( Kölner Dom) is the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world. ![]() Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. Cologne ( / k ə ˈ l oʊ n/ ( listen) kə- LOHN German: Köln ( listen) Kölsch: Kölle ( listen)) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the urban region. ![]()
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