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Overview
Handy and informative, this accessible guide depicts the famous ensembles and buildings of Cologne while leading the way to little-known treasures, inner courts, and gardens. Each architectural entry is buttressed by informative text, up-to-date photographs, and ground plans of the building. The layout according to tours of city districts, maps, and detailed indices make orientation easy, even for strangers to the city. This bilingual edition includes English and German.
Synopsis
The Architectural Guides from the tried and trusted Reimer Verlag series are readable, clearly set out and in a handy format. For all their brevity, the texts are informative and critical, a considerable achievement. These guides do not only line out the more or less famous ensembles, places, and buildings but also lead the way to little-known treasures, details, inner courts and gardens. The buildings are documented with informative texts, up-to-date photos, and ground plans. The layout according to tours of city districts, maps and detailed indices make orientation easy, even for strangers to the city.