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Poblicius (about A.D. 40). There is also an extensive collection of Roman glassware as well as an array of Roman and medieval jewellery. Many artefacts of everyday life in Roman Cologne — including portraits (e.g., of Roman emperor
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in Cologne until 1946. In the front of the museum the former northern town gate of Cologne with the inscription CCAA (for Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium) is on display in the building.
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blew a sheet of plywood through the glass front of the museum right onto the Dionysus mosaic. The damage was repaired within a week.
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The museum also has the task of preserving the Roman cultural heritage of Cologne, and therefore houses an extensive collection of
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In addition to the Dionysus mosaic, which dates from around A.D. 220/230, there is the reconstructed
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The museum has the world's largest collection of locally produced glass from the Roman period.
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The Roman-Germanic Cologne. A Guide to the Roman-Germanic Museum and City of Cologne
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and also exercises archaeological supervision over the construction of the
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just outside. In this respect the museum is an archaeological site.
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The Römisch-Germanisches Museum, which opened in 1974, is near
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remains in its original place in the basement, and the related
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mosaic (220-230 AD) in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Cologne
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Irene's Travelogues - Cologne Photos, Romano-Germanic Museum
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport
Romano-Germanic Museum
Cologne
Germany
5
16
18
Köln Hbf
http://www.museenkoeln.de/
German
archaeological
Cologne
Germany
Roman
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Roman town villa
Dionysus
mosaic
Roman Road
Roman glass
funerals and burials
Cologne underground
Wallraf-Richartz Museum

Dionysus
Cologne Cathedral

sepulchre
legionary
Augustus

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