The Bonn Minster (Das Bonner Münster) is a Roman Catholic church in Bonn. It is one of Germany's oldest churches, having been built between the 11th and 13th centuries. The Minster is now a Papal basilica.Bonn’s Münster Basilica is one of the most fully-developed creations of the Rhenish transition style from the Romanesque to the Gothic period. It was completed at the time when the foundation stone for the Dome of Cologne was laid in 1248. However, Its building history reaches far back into the time of early Christianity along the Rhine. According to the results of excavations underneath the crypt, the origin was a “Cella Memoriae”, which was erected already in the second half of the 3rd century. At the “Cella Memoriae” funeral repasts took place, and it was here where two Christian Roman officers underwent a martyrdom. These two officers, who have been venerated, are the city patrons Cassius and Florentius.
Bonn’s Münster Basilica has experienced two king-crowning ceremonies: Friedrich der Schöne (Friedrich the Beautiful) was crowned in 1314 and Karl IV was crowned here in 1346.
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