The Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral church in the German city of Cologne.

It is the
biggest Gothic church in Northern Europe, with the second-tallest spires built in a purely Germanic
Gothic style and enormous twin towers. The Archbishop of Cologne is seated in Cologne's great Gothic
Cathedral. The complete edifice took around 600 years to construct. Construction started in 1248 and
was completed in 1473. It would be incomplete for the next 350 years. Work continued in the 1840s,
and it was completed in 1880.

Master mason Gerhard of Reil created the Gothic Cathedral's design. The project was carried out by
architects Ernst Friedrich Zwirner and Richard Voigtel, led by architectural drawings created about 1300.
The Cathedral is noted for its architectural statuary, high gables, blind tracery, a unified succession of
spires, and unique pieces of religious art. In Roman times, Christians began to hold religious services at
the current site of Cologne Cathedral. After Archbishop Rainald von Dassel brought the Three Wise
Men's relics to Cologne in 1164, the Cathedral became one of Europe's most prominent pilgrimage sites,
necessitating a new architectural design. This notable Cathedral is designed in the Rayonnant Gothic
style, with some Flamboyant Gothic elements. In 1996, the church was named a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.

Notre-Dame de Paris, or simply Notre-Dame, is usually regarded as the pinnacle of French Gothic
architecture. It is, nonetheless, one of the largest and best-known cathedrals in France, if not Europe,
owing to its location on the Île de la Cité, a tiny island in the Seine River in downtown Paris. Construction
started in 1163 and was finished in 1345. It has played an essential role in numerous historical events,
including Napoleon's inauguration as Emperor in 1804 and the French celebration of their liberation
from Nazis in 1944. The architects Jean de Chelles and Pierre de Montreuil designed the Rayonnant
Gothic architecture in this edifice, and the clearstory windows were extended. In the mid-nineteenth
century, the French architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc undertook substantial renovations to
Notre Dame.

Milan Cathedral, widely known as the Duomo of Milan, has a six-century history of devotion and beauty.
Work on the Milan cathedral began in 1386 when the Gothic cathedral style was pinnacle led by the
Italian architect and engineer Simone da Orsenigo. The edifice in its current shape was finished in 1965.
It is one of the most magnificent structures globally, massive, white, ornate, and unique. In 1389, the
French architect Nicolas de Bonaventure was recruited to work in Milan. The Cathedral was renovated in
the French - Rayonnant Gothic style by Bonaventure. He also decided that the brick structure should be
paneled with Candoglia marble.