Only in Cologne - A guide to Hidden Corners, Little-Known Places and Unusual Objects

Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides - only the most beautiful cities and their unusual sights! The ideal city guides for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city.

- A comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 80 fascinating and unusual historical sights in Germany's most historic city

- Religious relics, forgotten fortresses, unexpected sanctuaries, abandoned
cemeteries, and little-known museums
- From Colonia Agrippinensis and the French occupation to the Kingdom of Prussia and the Third Reich

- Napoleon's cemetery, a road beneath the Rhine, the city lighthouse, and where the Red Baron learned to fly

- The bones of Saint Ursula, the inventor Konrad Adenauer, bad boy Martin Kippenberger, and the legend of Bishop Maternus

A propos de l'auteur

Duncan J. D. Smith was born in Sheffield, England in 1960. He is a self-styled 'Urban Explorer', photohistorian, and travel writer, and has written several books with his father, Trevor, about their home county of Yorkshire. Duncan is a keen gardener, natural historian, collector, and cook.

Commentaire

"Your really wonderful book. I'm enjoying it very much." (Dr. Klaus Hardering, Cologne Cathedral)
Dr. Klaus Hardering

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Duncan J D Smith, Duncan J. D. Smith
• Edition: Brandstätter
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9783850334556
• ISBN: 978-3-85033-455-6
• Pages: 232
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 210 mm x 16 mm
• Poids: 464 g
• Illustrations: 200 Farbabb.
• Thèmes: Only in . . .; Nur in . . .; Only in ...; Nur in
• Catégories: Voyage > Guides de voyages > Allemagne; Köln : Reiseführer