Cologne Sights

  1. Domschatzkammer

    Cologne is proud of its Domschatzkammer (Cathedral Treasury), whose reliquaries, robes, sculptures and liturgical objects are handsomely presented in 13th-century vaulted rooms on the north side of the Dom. One item to keep an eye out for is a Gothic bishop's staff from 1322.

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  2. St Gereon

    The most eccentric-looking church is St Gereon, which grew from a late-Roman chapel into a massive complex with a soaring decagonal dome with delicate ribbed vaulting.

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  3. St Maria im Kapitol

    St Maria im Kapitol boasts stand-out treasures like a carved door from the original 11th-century church and a spectacularly ornate Renaissance rood screen.

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