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第十七章 纯哥特式的完全解放 Church occupies 8,000 square meters, construction area of ??about 6,000 square meters, 144.55 meters from east to west, north-south width of 86.25 meters, the size of a football field. It is dominated by the two tallest towers doors, internal to cross the plane of the main buildings. Promenade general church, mostly things to three, with the north-south cross on the altar to cross the intersection Gallery; Cologne Cathedral is a rare five into buildings, high-ceilinged interior space and widen peoples attention to the tower toward heaven, portrait sky. Sky symbolizes the desire of people to communicate with God. Cologne since 1864 lottery to raise funds to be completed in 1880, it continues to be heightening widened, and the whole building brick by the polished stones of 160,000 tons of stone like stalagmite-like building made ??the whole project and spent 40 ten thousand tons of stone. Central Church is two doors and walls and even puzzle together twin spiers, 157.31 meters tall South Tower, North Tower 157.38 meters high, is the second highest minaret in Europe (after Ulm Cathedral), church exterior In addition to two towers, there are 11,000 small steeple contrast. Twin spiers like two sharp sword into the sky. The design of Cologne Cathedral was based quite closely on that of Amiens Cathedral in terms of ground plan, style and the width to height proportion of the central nave. The plan is in the shape of a Latin Cross, as is usual with Gothic cathedrals. It has two aisles on either side, which help to support one of the very highest Gothic vaults in the world, being nearly as tall as that of the Beauvais Cathedral, much of which collapsed. Externally the outward thrust of the vault is taken up by flying buttresses in the French manner. The eastern end has a single ambulatory, the second aisle resolving into a chevet of seven radiating chapels. The choir retains a great many of its original fittings, including the carved stall