2023-10-17 05:53:32
The reason for the slow completion was not the complexity of the building, but a construction interruption lasting almost 300 years. The construction site was resumed as a German-national project of the then Prussian King Frederick-Wilhelm. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(24-3-19) Author
2023-10-17 11:19:43
NNN. Nowhere does the original post claim that the cathedral took 632 consecutive years to build, only that it took that time to COMPLETE. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(9-0-3) Author
2023-10-17 13:45:15
350 years is still a very long time. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-1-2) Author
2023-10-17 16:45:59
Heinrich Heine was extremely critical towards the completion of the Cologne Cathedral. The full Caput IV of his poem "Germany. A Winter's tale." is a mockery of the idea of completing the cathedral. It even includes the sentence: "It was never finished - and that is good". [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-1-6) Author
2023-10-18 00:27:57
This post, doesn't qualify for a Community Note. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-1) Author