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Great St. Martin is one of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches, distinguished by its massive crossing tower topped with four corner turrets. Standing on the Rhine waterfront, its silhouette defines the Altstadt skyline alongside the cathedral.
Founded as a Benedictine monastery church around 960 AD on a small Rhine island, the current structure dates mostly to 1150–1250. It was almost completely destroyed in WWII and painstakingly reconstructed between 1948 and 1985.