mithec's video: Cologne Cathedral in Germany was built as late 1838

When was the Cologne Cathedral built? Any historian versed in European history will say that that the construction of the Gothic Cathedrals carried on for many centuries. To prove this assertion historians point to the famous German Cologne Cathedral; it is assumed that the construction began in the fourth century a.d.! After that, the cathedral has allegedly been rebuilt many times, and nothing remained from the original cathedrals whatsoever. The construction of the gigantic Gothic cathedral that we admire today is supposed to have commenced in 1248. It is further assumed that the construction was finished for the most part by the 16th century, circa 1560. After that, this gigantic mediaeval cathedral has allegedly undergone minor renovations, but, by and large, its shape remained unaltered. The Cologne cathedral is often presented as an example of Gothic construction that went on for several centuries. That is blatantly untrue!