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'Cologne', 1890. Cologne Cathedral in the city of Cologne on the Rhine was begun in 1248 and continued in 1473. During the Middle Ages the city flourished as it was on a major trade route between east and western Europe. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]