Basilica of St. Ursula

The Basilica church of St. Ursula is located in Cologne the Rhineland, Germany. It is built upon the ancient ruins of a Roman cemetery, where the 11,000 virgins associated with the legend of Saint Ursula were said to have been buried.[1] The church has an impressive reliquary created from the bones of the former occupants of the cemetery. It is one of the twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne[2] and was designated a Minor Basilica on 25 June 1920. While the nave and crossing tower are Romanesque, the choir has been rebuilt in the Gothic style.

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  1. ^ Dunton, Larkin (1896). The World and Its People. Silver, Burdett. p. 185. 
  2. ^ Sacred Destinations:, The Twelve Romanesque Churches of Cologne (accessed 2011-04-17)

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