Köln/Cologne

PRAETORIUM

 plan of Roman city wall, go here for more
Outdoors		 Museum, click here for photos
Romano-Germanic Museum		 Glass in the Museum, click here
Glass

1953 building site for the new City Hall where the praetorium was found
model of the praetorium
building inscription by the Emperor Commodus

Preatorium unearthed Preatorium model

Inscription

Here are two photos from the time of the excavations: photo1, photo2 from the paper Statthalterpaläste im Imperium Romanum.

walls of praetorium rooms – display in the little underground museum

Preatorium walls Preatorium walls glass vessels

For German speaking travelers, there is now an excellent guidebook out: Das Römisch-Germanische Köln: Führer zu Museum und Stadt, ISBN: 3761613709.

plan of Roman city wall, go here for more
Outdoors		 Museum, click here for photos
Romano-Germanic Museum		 Glass in the Museum, click here
Glass
on the Rhein river Dom, click here for more Museum Schnütgen, click here for more Old City Hall, click here for photos Fountain, click here for more
a walk through downtown - click on images above
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