The Ring, Cologne

Round the old town in Cologne runs a ring of streets on the line of the old town walls, recently replanned as a series of gardens and promenades. Of the old fortified town gates there remain the Eigelsteintor in the north, the Hahnentor in the west and the Severinstor in the south.

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St Severinus's Church

A little way north of the Severinstor in Cologne is the well-restored church of St Severinus (11th-15th C.), with an interesting Roman and Frankish burial ground.

The parish is first mentioned in documents from 1028.

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Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum

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Museum of East Asian Art

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Telecommunications Tower

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