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Dreikönigsschrein im Kölner Dom
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Shrine of the Three Wisemen
Shrine of the Three Wisemen
Dreikönigsschrein, the Reliquary of the Three Kings is a tomb where they say that the remains of the Three Wise Men are enshrined. Set in a huge display case behind the main altar of the Cologne Cathedral, this is considered to be the largest shrine in the western world. It took the world renowned goldsmith, Nicolau de Verdun spent half of a century building this masterpiece. The shrine was…
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#architecture#Balthazar#church architecture#Cologne Cathedral#Disney#Europe#Gaspar#Germany#hdr#Human remains#Koln Dom#Melchior#photography#relics#Reliquary#The Magi#Three Wisemen#travel#travel photography
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