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The Römisch-Germanisches Museum, which opened in 1974, is near Cologne Cathedral, on the site of a 3rd-century villa. The villa was discovered in 1941 during the construction of an air-raid shelter. On the floor of the main room of the villa is the renowned Dionysus mosaic.
The villa, designed by Italian architects and brothers Gino and Adolfo Coppedè, was built in 1921 on behalf of the Ambrosoli family. [ 1 ] In 2006, the villa served as a filming location for some scenes of the 2006 film Casino Royale .
It was originally named "Villa Angonia". In 1919, Heinrich Rodenkirchen acquired the property. After World War II, the house was renamed "Villa Maria". In 1971, it became the property of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which gave it its present name. Villa Malta's architectural design draws from Art Nouveau and medieval styles. [1] [2] [3]
The Villa Diodati is a mansion in the village of Cologny near Lake Geneva in Switzerland, notable because Lord Byron rented it and stayed there with Dr. John Polidori in the summer of 1816. Mary Shelley , Percy Bysshe Shelley , and Mary’s stepsister Claire Clairmont , who had rented a house nearby, were frequent visitors.
Colonia-Haus is a 45-storey, 147 m (482 ft) skyscraper completed in 1973 in the Riehl district of Cologne, Germany.Upon completion in 1973, it was the tallest residential-only building in Germany until the 2020 completion of the Grand Tower in Frankfurt.
A Roman villa originally occupied the hill, just outside Roman Cologne, on which the church stands. Remains of this villa are still visible in the church crypt. The villa was replaced with a church around 870 and in 955, Archbishop Bruno the Great (brother of Emperor Otto the Great) added a Benedictine abbey. Here, Bruno was buried after his death.