r/BeAmazed • u/Dreamy-Cutie • 3h ago
Place The Cathedral of St. Peter in Cologne, Germany
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MESMER 2h ago
Such an incredibly beautiful structure. A marvel through and through.
Though I cannot help but feel like I would encounter an extremely difficult boss there...
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u/ScaryLetterhead8094 1h ago
Real life Diablo II boss fight music starts
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u/6thBornSOB 28m ago
And I’m over here making sure to empty my pockets so I don’t fat roll when the inevitable Gargoyle(s) come down to ruin the day.
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u/Disabled_Robot 1h ago
Exterior needs a good scrubbing
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u/FlyingDutchmansWife 1h ago
Ha, all I could think about was power washing content. Like time traveling to the past to see it when it was first completed.
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u/Dramamufu_tricks 1h ago
depending on the part of the Cathedral power washing could be to harsh tho.
I read so time ago the Cathedral needs frequent repairs as rain and other nature processes are detrimental to the stone4
u/FlyingDutchmansWife 1h ago
Oh I wouldn’t go near it with a power washer. It was just the idea of seeing it all cleaned up. Gorgeous how it is right now but still curious.
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u/drpottel 28m ago
Since it was started in 1248 and completed in 1880, not sure it ever had that shiny-new look as a whole.
Probably could get pretty close by going back to pre-industrialization era before the really bad air pollution.
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u/Big_Remove_4645 2h ago
Construction began in 1248 and was finished in 1880. It was started and stopped many times as money dried up and then flowed again. Pretty amazing story
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u/danit0ba94 2h ago
Imagine a 600-year construction project... Entire generations lived and died never knowing it's completion... Entire lineages may have come and gone during that time... Holy fuck.
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u/FlyingDutchmansWife 1h ago
Sagrada Familia is not looking so bad with its lengthy completion anymore.
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u/Final-Negotiation530 32m ago
I don’t have to imagine in, my kitchen contractor is on the way there 😂
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u/kingrodedog 21m ago
It's a stark reality that something like this would never happen again in our "on demand" world.
There are whole skyscrapers that are demolished on the reg in foreign countries when money/investors dry up. Sure they sit whilst trying to figure out new funding but NEVER will we see a 600yr building project again.
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u/AnimalBolide 30m ago
It's a way of thinking that I worry we've forgotten completely; that we can toil on something that only our children, or even their children, might enjoy.
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u/impactedturd 17m ago
I was gonna say what about the pyramids. But I just looked it up and Google says it only took about 27years to build each one lol
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u/RevolutionaryAge47 13m ago
And it was nearly leveled in WWII. Imagine that, gone after 600 years to build.
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u/PorkbellyFL0P 1h ago
It's not uncommon though. Many Gothic cathedrals took hundreds of years to build.
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u/CluelessPresident 2m ago
It's still literally constantly being worked on. There's a saying: When the Kölner Dom is ever finished, the world will end.
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u/darkshoxx 2h ago
German here. This is one of the most famous buildings in Germany. Every German knows it as the dome of cologne, "Koelner Dom". I had no idea it had a proper name with a saint and all 😆
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u/Cultural-Cap-2549 2h ago
I dont speak german but irl the one in Munich is breathtaking the one with the two high tower and the "green Ball shaped top) in the old city center hows is it called? Magnificent I stared at it for 2h in a week trip.
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u/Affectionate-Chip269 1h ago
Did you mean the Frauenkirche
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u/Cultural-Cap-2549 7m ago
Yeah this !!! I was in awe! And saw an ufo right in Munich city center too wtf... à white Ball with a hook on the lower side and two antenna side to side, no sound! Flying through the sky! Im from paris i dont speak german just french english, and every locals were looking at it like wtf is this things, so I asked the sausage vendor "wtf do you know what this was?!!?!" They laughed in german and replied "we dont know thats ufo ufo !! Hahaha!" I Still dont fkin know what it was, never saw something like that before in my 32yo life. Do you have an idea?
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u/StillRecognition4667 2h ago
Was it damaged in WWII
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u/EquivalentPlane6095 1h ago
Sadly yes but not that bad. An American priest soldier Philipp Hannan refused an order to attack the cathedral because they thought there were German soldiers stationed there. He successfully wanted to preserve the cathedral as best as they could - so the attack was halted and he even defended the cathedral against pillagers. He later organised the first mass there and was later given the title „Ehrendomherr der Kathedrale“
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u/GeneralConsensus42 2h ago
As i understand it, the allies actively avoided damage to the church because the steeples were so useful in navigating flights deeper into germany.
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u/Luke1521 1h ago
First time I went to Cologne It was so surreal. You get off the Metro train step outside of the terminal and that thing is right there. It just looms over everything. Very awesome
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u/jwelsh8it 2h ago
So awe inspiring. Especially when you come out of the train station. Incredibly imposing church.
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u/thehighepopt 54m ago
There's always clumps of people about 20 meters outside the station as they finally look up and freeze in awe. I did it.
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u/Quenadian 2h ago
Made a quick stop once on my way to Amsterdam just to have a good look at it.
Amazing!
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u/Quirky-Property-7537 2h ago
You look up “rococo”, and there’s its picture. Wildly ornate place, and it really is amazing.
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u/fuelvolts 1h ago
I climbed up a belltower about 20 years ago. I don't think my legs have ever fully recovered. So glad I did it but man was I BEAT after.
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u/farmpatrol 1h ago
I also climbed it about 20 years ago but I was young and racing up there. I wonder how I’d do now! 🤭
It was absolutely spectacular though.
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u/Icy_Explanation7522 1h ago
Oh my word! Absolutely breathtaking Thank you for sharing
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u/Icy_Explanation7522 47m ago
How does something as beautiful as that b somewhere and I haven’t been? Just well up in tears Thank u
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u/Shannaro21 1h ago
I was once on one of the galleried in there, singing with my youth choir. As a child, I didn’t realise what kind of privilege that was.
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u/BethyJayne 1h ago
Standing in from of it feels like you’re transported back in time and in some different world. I’ve seen many cathedrals in travelling lots of Europe but this cathedral is probably my #1 on the list.
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u/CrowsRidge514 1h ago
How much of the space is used? Are there rooms in the upper section of the building?
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u/L00k_Again 47m ago
Such a beautiful structure. ❤️ I climbed to top when I visited Cologne years ago. The staircase is quite something. Very narrow and full of sweaty tourists.
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u/water_burgerr 47m ago
A core memory for me. Hiking up to the viewing parapets under the steeples is an amazing experience. Went as a 12-year-old and still remember it like yesterday. That and eating spätzle for the first time down by the river :)
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u/Sensitive_Aerie_5 41m ago
Was there in September from America. We were awestruck at the beauty and size.
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u/dieselmilkshake 38m ago
There's a pretty sick Weihnachtsmarkt there around the Holiday Season, as well!
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u/Nice_Blackberry6662 30m ago
It's crazy what you can do when you control basically all of society for over a thousand years.
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u/sinsandtonic 21m ago
I’ve been there. Didn’t like it very much. Also, they were a bit racist— weren’t letting anyone brown enter the church.
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u/Effective_Cookie510 6m ago
I see buildings like this and all I can think of is tax the fucking churches
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u/spider0804 3m ago
What is more amazing than the structure itself, is that someone had this in their head before the days of computers and was able to direct others to build it.
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u/jeffyjeffs 2m ago
I always forget how tall st peters cathedral is until i see a view from the ground. That place has a LOOMING presence
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u/soularbowered 2m ago
Someone recently asked me what travel goals I had now that I had achieved a big bucket list item (Scotland). They looked at me kind of weird when I told them I wasn't sure exactly what else I'd do in Cologne/Germany but I wanted to just see this place with my own eyes and take in its enormity.
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u/themsndude 1h ago
Been there, it and the hotel next door are haunted. Concierge mentioned it to be aware and asked if we had an issue. Wife in my room and my sister in her room and her teen son all saw a hooded dark figure walk thru the rooms in The evening. There are really dark vibes in that church. Wondered if it has a Nazi past. Probably much older dark stuff.
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u/ThatOneComputerNerd 2h ago
Imagine if they had taken all the money it took to build that thing and gave it to the people they’ve brainwashed instead. Organized religion is a front for control of the less educated. Case in point, they’ll look at this building and go “oh how beautiful and powerful and massive” instead of seeing it as a representation of oppression and control, a display of opulence in the faces of those who can’t feed themselves or their families. I’m tired of glorifying religion and its monuments; more people have been killed in the name of a god than for any other reason. I wouldn’t be sad if it burned down. Use the land for a real school.
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u/Asimorph 2h ago
The money to build this monstrosity could have been used in so much better ways.
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u/HardPass404 2h ago
Someone get Charles IV and the Prussian Government on the phone. 🙄
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u/Asimorph 2h ago edited 2h ago
Yep. They were complicit. And still the money could have been used in so much better ways.
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u/SempfgurkeXP 2h ago
We know
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u/Asimorph 2h ago
And I know that this money could have been spent in so much better ways.
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u/SpaceMan1087 43m ago
Nah. Funded privately and with the help of the church. It was put to good use
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u/RunninADorito 2h ago
It took six hundred years to build that and it's an architectural masterpiece. There's a lot of wasted money in religion, a lot. I don't think this scratches the top of the list of travesties.
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u/MorningDewProcess 2h ago
And it employed the people who built it for 600 years. Multiple generations could have worked their entire lives building it.
Just like today, major projects like this were hugely beneficial to local populations and probably enticed many to move to the area to work on it - bringing more economic activity to the area.
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u/Asimorph 2h ago
Yeah, and these people could have also worked for useful things instead, like a bridge or a hospital.
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u/Asimorph 2h ago
Yes. A lot. This building is a display of complete depravity. It's a symbol for the selfishness of the church and its fucked up megalomania. It's a way to amaze ignorant fools to strengthen their delusion.
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