Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 290
will never be known and your work will never befinished. For centuries it seemed as if this prediction was likelyto be verified ; for, although the corner-stone was laid in1248, the Cathedral was not completed until 1880. Thefirst part to be finished was the choir, which was con-secrated in 1322.… … COLOGNE CATHEDRAL COLOGNE CATHEDRAL 215 the splendid edifice was not even kept in proper repair.In the days of the PVench Revolution it was used as abarn. In the early days of the Nineteenth Centurypopular attention was directed to its unrivalled beauty, andsubscription funds were started to…
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