Back كنيسه سانت ماريا ام كابيتول ARZ St. Maria im Kapitol German Sankta Maria en la Kapitolo Esperanto Basílica de Santa María del Capitolio (Colonia) Spanish Église Sainte-Marie-du-Capitole French Basilika Santa Maria im Kapitol, Köln ID Basilica di Santa Maria in Campidoglio Italian Heilige Maria in het Capitool Dutch Kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny na Kapitolu w Kolonii Polish Церковь Святой Марии Капитолийской Russian
St. Maria im Kapitol (St. Mary's in the Capitol) is an 11th-century Romanesque church located in the Kapitol-Viertel in the old town of Cologne, Germany. The name “im Kapitol“ refers to the Roman temple for the Capitoline Triad that was built on today’s site of the church in the first century. The Catholic church is based on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, was dedicated to St. Mary and built between 1040 and 1065.[1] It is one of twelve Romanesque churches built in Cologne during this period.[2]
Measuring 100 m x 40 m and encompassing 4,000 square metres of internal space, St. Maria is the largest of the Romanesque churches in Cologne. Like many of the latter, it has an east end which is trefoil in shape, with three apses. It has a nave and aisles and three towers to the west. It is considered the most important work of German church architecture of the Salian dynasty.[3]
- ^ Fletcher, Sir Banister. A History of Architecture. Dan Cruickshank, 1996, p. 379. at googlebooks
- ^ Sacred Destinations:, The Twelve Romanesque Churches of Cologne (accessed 2011-04-17)
- ^ St. Maria im Kapitol at Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln e.V.