The Twelve Romanesque Churches of Cologne

St. Andreas Church, near the cathedral (U- Bahn: Hauptbahnhof), contains the tomb of St. Albertus Magnus, a wealth of late Romanesque architectural sculpture, and murals in the crypt.

St. Maria im Kapitol Church, Kasinostrasse 6 (U-Bahn: Heumarkt), is on the site where Plectrudis built a church in the early 8th century. Plectrudis in one of few women who had political power in the area, being the daughter of an important land owner. The cloverleaf choir was modeled on that of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

St. Aposteln Church, which towers over the busy Neumarkt (U-Bahn: Neumarkt), is very large and filled with modern murals.

St. Maria Lyskirchen Church, Am Lyskirchen 12 (U-Bahn: Heumarkt), is of 13th-century origin. It has a blush-pink exterior, wonderful Romanesque carvings on its west door and murals on the ceiling.

St. Cecilia's Church (Cäcilienkirche), Cäcilienstrasse 29 (U-Bahn: Neumarkt), dates from the late 12th century. It has a fine tympanum carving of the patron saint over the north door and murals in the choir and nave. It now houses the Schnütgen Museum of medieval art, which contains sculpture, paintings, church furnishings, ivory reliefs and more.

Gross St. Martin, on the Rhine in the Altstadt (U-Bahn: Heumarkt), has a cloverleaf choir design, lofty interior, and Roman foundations beneath.

St. Georg Church, Am Waidmarkt (U-Bahn: Poststrasse) is the only remaining Romanesque pillared basilica in the Rhineland and was a stop on the medieval pilgrimage to Santiago. It has carved capitals in the porch and an impressive forked crucifix from the early 14th century.

St. Pantaleon, Am Pantaleonsberg 2 (U-Bahn: Poststrasse), built in 980, has a pleasing exterior and the oldest cloister arcades remaining in Germany.

St. Gereon Church, Gereonsdriesch 2-4 (U-Bahn: Christophestrasse), is elliptically shaped, with a decagon between its two towers. It contains the tomb of St. Gereon and other martyrs, and its crypt still has mosaics from the 11th century.

St. Severin Church, Severinstrasse (U-Bahn: Severinstrasse), originated as a late-4th-century memorial chapel; the present church dates from the 13th to the 15th centuries.

St. Kunibert Church, Kunibertskloster 2 (U-Bahn: Hauptbahnhof), is near the Rhine River and dates from the 13th century.