How Cologne Cathedral was Illuminated Before Electricity | Blowing Up History

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024

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  • @DavidMaurand
    @DavidMaurand 6 лет назад +2192

    the first time they did the 'exploded' animation i was impressed. the third time made me think this film should have been shorter instead.

    • @STREZZD
      @STREZZD 5 лет назад +36

      that's exactly what I thought :D

    • @jamesforeman3096
      @jamesforeman3096 5 лет назад +5

      lol

    • @Loretta2004
      @Loretta2004 5 лет назад +21

      Well, it's discovery channel. Now that smoking is not fashionable anymore, the Marlboro man needs to narrate these stories for the general audience in the most sensationalist style. Same goes for animation. People with the IQ of a used camomile teabag and an attention span of a fruit fly need to be constantly re-stimulated again. A scan just through the interior? They immediately zap away...

    • @serz1885
      @serz1885 5 лет назад +3

      and voice a bit less EEEEEPIC

    • @JuNTaBiOs
      @JuNTaBiOs 5 лет назад +7

      cmon, the animators spent a couple of afternoons making that sequence, shame if they show it just once. annoying, yes, but effort is effort

  • @bitterrotten
    @bitterrotten 5 лет назад +1708

    WE PAID FOR THIS EXPLODED CGI AND SOUND LIBRARY AND GOD DAMMIT WE’RE GOING TO USE EVERY BIT OF IT.

    • @happybirthday395
      @happybirthday395 5 лет назад +48

      What you mean propaganda, it's a documentary about a church

    • @bridgefin
      @bridgefin 4 года назад +13

      @Chi Funk
      We already know.

    • @bridgefin
      @bridgefin 4 года назад +18

      @Chi Funk
      I think the brainwashing goes to those who dwell in the occult. No, especially Catholic churches are for worshiping the one true God. I'd be happy to make an introduction if you are interested.

    • @Jaqen-HGhar
      @Jaqen-HGhar 4 года назад +21

      @Chi Funk You realize they did this same type of documentary for all types of different historical buildings not just this church right? idjit.

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 4 года назад +3

      MDR 😂

  • @justmixedin3434
    @justmixedin3434 5 лет назад +2001

    When you have to write a 500 word essay so you repeat yourself 3 times.

    • @mightymouse5930
      @mightymouse5930 5 лет назад +8

      Pathetic

    • @AAA_Productions_1
      @AAA_Productions_1 5 лет назад +19

      500 words is nothing

    • @blue_cameron
      @blue_cameron 5 лет назад +15

      500 words isn't hard though

    • @1yougotrickrolled603
      @1yougotrickrolled603 5 лет назад +14

      What kind of teacher asks for a 500 word essay? I've been doing 1000 word essays since my first year of high school.

    • @joshual4513
      @joshual4513 4 года назад +1

      500 words? I once had a really strict teacher that had us do 750 words per paragraph, and an essay made of 11 paragraphs. She was my 7th grade teacher.

  • @JonasHoffmann
    @JonasHoffmann 5 лет назад +703

    OMG THIS DRAMATIC MUSIC THE NARRATOR HAS TO SHOUT OVER IT AND THE LOUD SOUND EFFECTS

  • @ndrrhn
    @ndrrhn 5 лет назад +248

    they used candles and windows. just saved you 7:30

  • @uMaDVeLoAn
    @uMaDVeLoAn 5 лет назад +636

    i'd turn up the animation sounds a bit more in the next documentation. they were quite hard to hear

    • @Bob-cx9dx
      @Bob-cx9dx 5 лет назад +33

      R RQ Whoosh

    • @fuego3974
      @fuego3974 5 лет назад +16

      R RQ Thats not how a whoosh works buddy.

    • @McFluff33
      @McFluff33 5 лет назад +13

      @R RQ When someone makes a joke you don't point out the fact that they are joking. Leave Bob alone he did nothing wrong.

    • @McFluff33
      @McFluff33 5 лет назад +16

      @R RQ Pointing out a joke totally ruins the whole premise of it. The joke is supposed to be self explanatory so pointing it out makes you seem like a real idiot. Also you need to chill out.

    • @element1935
      @element1935 5 лет назад +12

      @R RQ you've been wooshed now sit dog, you've been trolled epic style

  • @swaree
    @swaree 5 лет назад +538

    This is like hiring a metal band to play at a funeral

  • @prieremonte
    @prieremonte 5 лет назад +1743

    It did not answer how it was illuminated at night.

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 5 лет назад +179

      Satisfying you immediately: candles. A metric shit-ton of beeswax candles would be lit in every altar, every pillar base, and every wall. (This would be rare, of course, because normal medieval churches close around sunset and masses in the early morning are mostly, if not always, only celebrated in the countryside for the farmers who had to rise up early for work.)
      EDIT: Satisfying you even more because I found this tweet that could illustrate what a medieval church only illuminated by candlelight would have looked like.
      twitter.com/StAlphonsusFSSP/status/1074402185109217280?s=20
      (The people there would have looked similar to back then, too. That's a plus.)

    • @phsieben
      @phsieben 5 лет назад +36

      @@rin_etoware_2989 Thank you so much for that. You saved me from watching past 3 min of that awfully made video

    • @prieremonte
      @prieremonte 5 лет назад +32

      Not satisfied. because the video did not include that. At least they should have shown the configuration of the candles inside the church, since the title is how the churches were illuminated before electricity.

    • @prieremonte
      @prieremonte 5 лет назад +6

      Anyway thanks for your informative reply

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 5 лет назад +10

      Andrew Andora Happy to be of service.
      Just to hammer home the point of how much work would have been done to illuminate a big church, here's old footage of St. Peter's in Rome lit by thousands of candles.
      ruclips.net/video/DWWA97CsBek/видео.html

  • @EinChris75
    @EinChris75 6 лет назад +331

    One important information is omitted: The Cathedral was unfinished for centuries. Although started in the 12th century, all construction stopped in the 15th century. Later on it almost fell into ruins. (Some time even being a stable for horses of the French army.)
    It took more than 300 years, till 1843, until the construction was restarted. And then an other 40 years until finished. That's why the roof has beams made from iron instead of wood.

    • @user-bj2lu9qt3o
      @user-bj2lu9qt3o 6 лет назад +17

      Heard in a documentary:
      Sadly it's only a beautiful myth that it was spared on purpose in world war two.
      Actually it was hit several times and that red steel frame and voluntary helpers extinguishing fires saved it.
      Incorrect english, I know...

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 6 лет назад +15

      It didn't become a stable for napoleons horses because of its condition, but as an insult to the german population and a sign of napoleons continued war on the catholic church. Other than that i approve your comment.

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 6 лет назад +9

      @@user-bj2lu9qt3o the Richterfenster (richters' window) is where the dom was hit the hardest by a bomb, which is why that portion had to be redesigned (with that awfull modern technology hype of 20 years ago)

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 5 лет назад +4

      Aaaaand they destroyed the city as they tried to demolish the old cathedral

    • @juncastillo2371
      @juncastillo2371 5 лет назад +16

      This building is the remain of the Tartarian Empire, this kind of architecture is all over the world, few of them survived but mostly distroyed by freemason to cover up the true history

  • @soundestmonk
    @soundestmonk 5 лет назад +236

    "The towers rest on thick stone pillars to stop them from collapsing"
    Well no shit. What did you think they are there for? Moral support?

  • @jamesforeman3096
    @jamesforeman3096 5 лет назад +664

    Do we really need the Marvel superhero music in the background??

    • @Jemalacane0
      @Jemalacane0 5 лет назад +25

      Epic music for an epic building. I am an atheist and think the Cologne Cathedral is awesome.

    • @Original_Dalvik
      @Original_Dalvik 5 лет назад +22

      Gammareign Being an atheist has nothing in the slightest to do with liking the look of a building.

    • @yeomanricsei5156
      @yeomanricsei5156 5 лет назад +5

      @@Original_Dalvik right

    • @theromanbaron
      @theromanbaron 4 года назад +2

      James Foreman yes

    • @Dliight
      @Dliight 4 года назад

      Yep

  • @westrim
    @westrim 5 лет назад +272

    Not even Allied bombing blew it up, and this video did it twice in two minutes.

    • @Karsjk
      @Karsjk 5 лет назад +20

      Thrice*

    • @nakka9
      @nakka9 5 лет назад +5

      Your comment is humorous

    • @classifiedad1
      @classifiedad1 4 года назад +1

      Or a tank duel.
      No seriously, there was a real tank duel filmed.

    • @snowsoldier_9775
      @snowsoldier_9775 2 года назад

      @@classifiedad1 yes ikr

  • @EarthChampion_TophBeifong
    @EarthChampion_TophBeifong 5 лет назад +124

    I'm really sure the editor of this video wanted to work in a Transformers movie. The loud and dramatic sound effects I can't barely hear what they are saying and the video cuts repeated again and again.
    The narrator ask the question, then mumbles into nothing and never answer it. A MESS.

  • @skjelm6363
    @skjelm6363 5 лет назад +82

    The sound FX should be a bit louder, you can still recognize the narrator

  • @jfmc2581
    @jfmc2581 5 лет назад +348

    It would have been nice to see more of the real building rather than all that computer generated crap.

    • @BCC009ALT
      @BCC009ALT 5 лет назад

      B

    • @hydorah
      @hydorah 5 лет назад +6

      @nanda erdhani There's always one. The CG shows nothing of how the cathedral was built. The exploding outwards bears no relation to the construction techniques and stone masonry required to erect this strructure and it is constantly repeated. It looks shit and is accompanied by shit sound effects. If you think it was good, useful and related to how the structure was actually built? Well then you're an idiot. It was a cheap, gimmicky time filler

    • @tateharrigan8061
      @tateharrigan8061 5 лет назад

      They aren’t to prone for allowing films/pictures taking place in the cathedral

    • @hydorah
      @hydorah 5 лет назад

      @@gorefinger845 How exactly? I didn't say anything complicated or highbrow! Or maybe it was just a bit beyond you

    • @hellinterface6721
      @hellinterface6721 5 лет назад +2

      @@hydorah The buttress explanation was decent I must admit. The stained glass explanation was nice as well.

  • @almantaszaveckas4314
    @almantaszaveckas4314 5 лет назад +298

    I only watched a few videos of noter dame burning and now my whole feed is full of churches and cathedrals.

    • @TyranyFighterPatriot
      @TyranyFighterPatriot 5 лет назад +3

      Talk about troll nightmare xd

    • @ivanolsen7966
      @ivanolsen7966 5 лет назад +7

      NOTRE ....

    • @Anita_Dick
      @Anita_Dick 5 лет назад +9

      The good thing of that is seeing how overated Notre Dame is. Not even in my top 5 moxt impressive gothic cathedrals.. but you now, the one of Paris will always get all the attention. If the others burn, most media would just ignore it

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 5 лет назад +5

      These churches are addictive aren't they.

    • @adrianenterprise5829
      @adrianenterprise5829 5 лет назад +2

      windstorm1000 just like meth

  • @justmixedin3434
    @justmixedin3434 5 лет назад +433

    7 mins just to say "Giant Stained Glass windows"

  • @yootube6522
    @yootube6522 5 лет назад +63

    Pretty weak sauce. No talk about the clerestory or anything that actually had to do with the rather ingenious lighting design. But we got to see that 3D model pull itself apart oh, 3 or 4 times. Meh.

  • @lexas1
    @lexas1 5 лет назад +34

    the sound effects and loudness of the 'background' music make it unwatchable after a while

    • @eldebtor6973
      @eldebtor6973 5 лет назад

      The background is that I found no tomorrow you have set ! Oh how I wish you could.

  • @ahmedbajwa6118
    @ahmedbajwa6118 5 лет назад +15

    I live in cologne and no matter how mamy times I set foot in this cathedral it always manages to take my breath out of me you can only experience its sheer size if you see it for yourself

  • @Beans813o
    @Beans813o 5 лет назад +25

    I actually found it quite hard to hear the music over the narrators voice how about turning it up a bit more

  • @robotjack2193
    @robotjack2193 5 лет назад +52

    I've been to Cologne Cathedral. I can say without reservation that it is easily one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. I recommend anyone traveling to Germany make the time to go see it. Even if Cologne isn't a stop in your plans, the train station is right by it. So if you take the train through there, you can easily break the trip up so that you have a couple of hours to see it.
    As a modern person even, when I first walked through the doors I was awestruck. All I could think was what it must have been like to see it two or three hundred years ago when there was no such thing as skyscrapers or airplanes, much less space travel. To any pilgrim visiting, there would be no denying that they were in the house of god.

    • @ChristosCampbell
      @ChristosCampbell 4 года назад +4

      It's tartarian much older then 1200s it was Inherited from past civilization

    • @warrenoleary7172
      @warrenoleary7172 2 года назад +1

      " House of God " !

  • @midnightfun1277
    @midnightfun1277 6 лет назад +124

    All Handmade. Damn, imagine how much would that cost today.

    • @Christof_Classen
      @Christof_Classen 6 лет назад +10

      *Even Scrooge McDuck cant Build this with his Money !*

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 6 лет назад +11

      Well if you are one of the electorades of the holy roman emperor and take 10% of everything earned in the wealthiest city of europe, the most important trading center in mainland europe, part of the hanseatic league, having the staple right for all goods transported from west to east crossing colognes longitude in the empire, the biggest fortification of europe and the biggest pilgrims destination of medieval europe, then you can afford to pursue some insane ideas (though even this formerly richest city of western europe ran out of fonds eventually after 3 centuries, halting construction till the prussians forced us to complete it in the 19th century)

    • @STREZZD
      @STREZZD 5 лет назад +6

      I've read that it would cost 10 billion€ to rebuilt it today. (to compare: The Jeddah Tower, the tallest building on earth will proximity 1billion)

    • @tonysutherland2390
      @tonysutherland2390 5 лет назад +5

      The facade and towers were built in the late 1800's. The video did not point this out. The construction techniques even a hundred years ago were so much more mechanical that a certain harshness is apparent. The rear of the church was built using the "machines" of the Middle Ages and has a less harsh appearance. I agree with everyone else about the background music. Also, the video did not talk about the candles, assuming there was something innovative about that.

    • @palm0607
      @palm0607 5 лет назад +4

      I honestly miss building this amount of detail......

  • @Jewish_Israeli_Zionist
    @Jewish_Israeli_Zionist 2 года назад +21

    I'm not even christian, but this building is just mind blowing! I love gothic architecture so much.

    • @markarete6469
      @markarete6469 10 месяцев назад +3

      It's part of the Christian architecture

    • @louisvuitton56
      @louisvuitton56 9 месяцев назад

      @@markarete6469no Muslim architecture

    • @xSLIMxSHADYx
      @xSLIMxSHADYx 8 месяцев назад

      its likely another massive building from the Tartarian Empire, many of these old world buildings get destroyed to erase history

    • @EricNoneless
      @EricNoneless 7 месяцев назад

      @@xSLIMxSHADYx I hope you're being sarcastic LMAO

    • @xSLIMxSHADYx
      @xSLIMxSHADYx 7 месяцев назад

      @@EricNoneless we don’t build like this anymore, ever wonder why? it’s because we can’t do it.

  • @kennethmccormick1791
    @kennethmccormick1791 7 лет назад +137

    Having visited the Köln, I can attest to the fact that this is a structure that shows how small you are.
    The other is the Milan Cathedral but it occupies more Land area & isn't as tall & dark.

    • @isabeltejero7425
      @isabeltejero7425 7 лет назад

      Es preciosa las dos torres ze
      -se precen a la catedral de Burgos España

    • @PawPatrolEnjoyer
      @PawPatrolEnjoyer 6 лет назад +8

      Kenneth McCormick "Köln" is actually the name of the city in german. The Cathedral us called "Dom"

    • @user-bj2lu9qt3o
      @user-bj2lu9qt3o 6 лет назад +3

      "...this is a structure that shows how small you are."
      You've nailed it. I recomment to everyone to visit the Cologne Cathedral. It touches you!
      I live nearby (all my life) and it get's me EVERYTIME I stand in front of it.
      See it from outside - so impressive!
      Go upstairs, to the highest top (Many stairs! But an exciting challenge!) - highly impressive
      because it's narrow and there are many openings, you can feel the wind, see the people like ants...
      See the golden coffin of the 3 holy kings.
      On some occasions you can hear the sound of the big bell called "Dicke Pitter" (Fat Peter).
      And most beautiful in wintertime: The Christmasmarket.

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 6 лет назад

      Why do you always take the wrong word in english when borrowing german names? A Stein is a stone, a Steinkrug is a pitcher (Krug)made of stone. The Kölner Dom is colognes' cathedral, where Köln is the actual name of the city cologne and Dom means cathedral.

    • @Л.С.Мото
      @Л.С.Мото 5 лет назад +2

      @Ireland Forever They didn't rape them. They enriched them.

  • @calarch78
    @calarch78 5 лет назад +16

    The graphics and sound effects really distract from actually wanting to learn about this.

  • @maureenbernhardt1934
    @maureenbernhardt1934 5 лет назад +9

    I have been inside this Beautiful Cathedral and it took my breath away. This will have to be well protected

  • @PrettyGreenMonk
    @PrettyGreenMonk 3 года назад +8

    The cathedral is a power station it connects to the ionisphere and uses mercury to create a torus field the windows didnt originally have glass in them

  • @afbrat1963
    @afbrat1963 Год назад +7

    I am still amazed that this amazing structure survived Allied bombing during WWII. I was lucky enough to have worked 6 months in Bonn, so every time we would visit Koln, the train station was literally right next door. If you ever visit the NRW, be sure to visit this cathedral. The Dom rules.

  • @michaelmallal9101
    @michaelmallal9101 5 лет назад +12

    Ancient cathedrals may be an under-appreciated asset. Obviously very important for tourism. Maybe should be protected like airports?

  • @juliusvinh109
    @juliusvinh109 5 лет назад +15

    How could they possibly build such a complicated and beautiful structure with not so much advanced building technology in ancient time ? That's why I am so sad to see the Notre dame de Paris accidentally got burnt a few days ago, I hope they will rebuild it fast and this Church will stay many more hundred years , they are the statement how amazing the Human brains are in creating magnificent buildings like that !

    • @SzymonLi
      @SzymonLi 2 года назад

      Go to paul cook for more info

    • @mightylion4704
      @mightylion4704 2 года назад +1

      yes "accidentally".......come on man. Wake up.

    • @1833201078
      @1833201078 6 месяцев назад

      Because they didn't!!

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns1672 5 лет назад +6

    The engineers and architects would have had no experience to fall back on with this building as it had not been done before , it is incredible that this building even exists and also survived WW2 .

    • @LutzDerLurch
      @LutzDerLurch 5 лет назад +2

      there were literally thousands of yathedrals built in europe, and the wokers were experts, often traveling the continent from one construction site to the next, o learn and later to work. Far from 'no experience'

  • @antonkirchhoff4015
    @antonkirchhoff4015 5 лет назад +12

    Didn't know the cathedral of my home town was THAT epic

  • @klausgartenstiel4586
    @klausgartenstiel4586 5 лет назад +15

    THIS CATHEDRAL IS NOW THE ULTIMATE POWER IN THE UNIVERSE!!!
    (apart from that little ventilation shaft)

    • @azore1184
      @azore1184 4 года назад +1

      *star wars noises*

    • @klausgartenstiel4586
      @klausgartenstiel4586 3 года назад

      @Ava Van Elis let's just say that's not a small moon.🙄

    • @KyagulanyiMinistries
      @KyagulanyiMinistries 2 года назад

      God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.

  • @LutzDerLurch
    @LutzDerLurch 5 лет назад +9

    GOD DAMMIT, would you please NOT MAKE THE MUSIC LOUDER THAN THE VOICE OF THE NARRATOR?!?!?!?

  • @Marius2107
    @Marius2107 5 лет назад +5

    This is ridiculously over the top. :D

  • @divineeyeobserver754
    @divineeyeobserver754 5 лет назад +6

    The taller the buildings, the more energy it was extracting

  • @TheLifeisgood72
    @TheLifeisgood72 5 лет назад +6

    “Cologne Cathedral is an iconic and amazing feat of engineering... but where, are the restrooms?”
    *EXPLODING CATHEDRAL ANIMATION SUPERMAN MUSIC*

  • @ninja1676
    @ninja1676 4 года назад +9

    I like how no modern buildings can top the cathedral.

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 2 года назад

      i'm pretty sure technology has only progressed since then.
      only, no one can be bothered building massive and voluminous cathedrals anymore, when work and living space is at such a premium these days.

    • @grahammccoll5505
      @grahammccoll5505 Год назад

      @@rin_etoware_2989 Yet these buildings draw in countless tourism despite modern "tourist draws" looking like trash heaps.
      The argument that they just had space to waste is silly given how much vacant room we have today that is squandered on projects that don't bring in 1/10 the amount of people as these historic buildings.
      I'd love to see a single building from the last 100 years in any country compare to these works of art.

    • @UebelstGutenZeug
      @UebelstGutenZeug Год назад

      And they'll never will

  • @michaelmallal9101
    @michaelmallal9101 5 лет назад +9

    Maybe these ancient cathedrals should have their own fire brigades like airports?

  • @stillx1211
    @stillx1211 5 лет назад +223

    Ja jot...kommt noch jemand hier aus Köln?

    • @mattischlese5385
      @mattischlese5385 5 лет назад +15

      Hier geboren und hier werd ich begraben.

    • @Л.С.Мото
      @Л.С.Мото 5 лет назад +3

      Türken und Arabis

    • @scprivat9519
      @scprivat9519 5 лет назад +7

      Aus Köln und Moin gesagt?
      Cultural Appropriation!!!
      Lass das Moin für die Norddeutschen.

    • @stillx1211
      @stillx1211 5 лет назад +3

      SC Privat wahre Worte eigentlich echt traurig dass eigentlich keiner unter 30 mehr wirklich Kölsch kann...

    • @marclp2612
      @marclp2612 5 лет назад +7

      Gebürtiger Kölner aber inzwischen stolzer Düsseldorfer. Landeshauptstadt olé! Kniet nieder ihr Knechte... und Kölsch hört sich übrigens nicht nur abscheulich an, es schmeckt auch so.

  • @hansmuller1846
    @hansmuller1846 5 лет назад +11

    "Must have been amazing for people entering the cathedran in medieval times"
    The cathedral only was a huge ruin in medieval times though...

    • @LutzDerLurch
      @LutzDerLurch 5 лет назад

      Not so much a ruin, as an unfinished building. The Choir was more or less finished already, though, and sealed off with a temporary wall.

  • @technofeeling2462
    @technofeeling2462 3 года назад +3

    I love the "fractal-like" building style of past times.

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne 5 лет назад +7

    I've seen this both from the inside and outside (and the one in Paris, and Milan, and Florence). I love Gothic cathedrals/churches. Even the church in the village I'm from, 15th century Gothic (and obviously a lot simpler than this one).

  • @josephcartaphilus9433
    @josephcartaphilus9433 3 года назад +4

    I have been here such a beautiful and big structure, the organ alone inside is impressive and the crypts.

  • @natahliasmith9533
    @natahliasmith9533 4 года назад +2

    Been to this place. It was absolutely breathtaking.

  • @SaadAliArts
    @SaadAliArts 4 года назад +6

    This Cathedral is so beautiful
    Looks like it came from the heavens

  • @SeveredLegs
    @SeveredLegs 4 года назад +1

    Whoever did the graphics on this has got a hell of a future, holy shit.

  • @thewhitetiger1709
    @thewhitetiger1709 5 лет назад +22

    Ahh yes. Cologne Cathedral. Under construction since 1248 and it will probably never be finished. It's still an amazing building so thats fine😆

    • @AmericanGirlGymnasts
      @AmericanGirlGymnasts 5 лет назад +2

      Kira Catastic reminds me of Sagrada Familia... what’s with churches and taking such a long time to construct?😂

    • @Sbjweyk
      @Sbjweyk 5 лет назад +3

      It was actually finished but the allies threw 14 bombs at it and now it has to be restored

    • @no1DdC
      @no1DdC 5 лет назад +11

      @@Sbjweyk That's not the issue. It's just that it is so large and complex that is continuously deteriorating and needs to be restored all the time.

    • @Sbjweyk
      @Sbjweyk 5 лет назад

      no1DdC that’s right but the damage from the war and the smut is disintegrating the rock faster than usual

    • @reginleifr7300
      @reginleifr7300 5 лет назад

      Well I sure hope they don't finish it anytime soon, because then the world will end (as it is said here 😂)

  • @trgovinadotnet
    @trgovinadotnet 4 года назад +3

    Even more spectacular is the animation of building. You got some great 3D masters in your team.

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 4 года назад +3

    Using candles and torches for lighting in the olden days must have lead to a lot of structures burning down.Theatres and opera houses were notorious for suffering this fate many times over.

  • @Bender1729
    @Bender1729 4 года назад +2

    - So, we paid for that impressive 3D animation. How many times do you want to use it within that 7 minutes clip, boss?
    - Yes!

  • @devilslayerthesaintofkille1317
    @devilslayerthesaintofkille1317 5 лет назад +9

    Let's hope it doesn't end up like Notre Dame.

    • @hana7334
      @hana7334 5 лет назад +1

      They ain't using wood so all good LOL

  • @Gigidag77
    @Gigidag77 5 лет назад +2

    I live like a 30min drive from it. I walk by it almost like once a week.

  • @criticalhard
    @criticalhard 5 лет назад +4

    medieval building still standing this perfectly wow nice. People back then were far more advanced in many things, we think they ate rocks but these people were highly intelligent.

  • @amandateoh1164
    @amandateoh1164 5 лет назад +1

    The dissection of the cathedral was such a mindblowing graphic.. Such editing!!!

  • @MRNAFR33
    @MRNAFR33 2 года назад +3

    the Tartarians built such majestic structures. sad thing is when a people inherit them and try to pass it off as their own.

    • @angelabby2379
      @angelabby2379 Год назад +1

      you are pathetic

    • @MRNAFR33
      @MRNAFR33 Год назад

      @@angelabby2379 abby you have alot of faith in people who lie 70% of the time. all in all you are entitled to your opinion of course. academia lies way to much for me to believe anything they say. but you do you abby by all means.

    • @angelabby2379
      @angelabby2379 Год назад +1

      @@MRNAFR33 you are not right in the head or just have low iq

    • @MRNAFR33
      @MRNAFR33 Год назад

      @@angelabby2379 why because i question the status quo. because i find it hard to believe that barbaric humans were capable of building something so awesome? or because i question academia? regardless sorry you feel that way. but like i said you are entitled to your opinion its a free speech country. you believe the narrative if its what helps you sleep better at night. you do you

    • @angelabby2379
      @angelabby2379 Год назад

      @@MRNAFR33 I'm glad you think it's awesome... because they created it! unlike your failure kind who can't make anything except eating off ground

  • @grec.
    @grec. 3 года назад +1

    When I was an Interior designer student, like 20 years ago; we had to do these presentations with the given subject in architecture style. I got the Gothic and BOY! I got so immersed in it... I studied every little detail of all the names of the parts of architectures such as ornaments and column and archs techniques used in the comstrictions of such buildings.
    Every time I see Gothic cathedrals being explained I say the names of each type of column or window or arch or ornament as the narrator says along... in that time I had to go to the library and make research on books and copy them to present them as illustrations. I was impressed of the amount of details and intricacy those buildings had. Amazing indeed!
    (Arbotantes, arcos de ojiva, rosetones, gárgolas, pináculos punta de aguja, planos de los diferentes tipos de cruces eclesiásticas y sus propósitos, los atrios, la flor de Liz... simplemente fascinante.

  • @abdamit
    @abdamit 6 лет назад +11

    I was working in the glas workshop for a while

  • @highflyinryan76weezer25
    @highflyinryan76weezer25 5 лет назад +2

    the cathedral got its black color from smoke from all the burning buildings when cologne was fire bombed during ww2. The cathedral was finished in the 1870s. It took over 600 years to build. And the crane used to hoist the stones was built in the 1300 or 1400s. It stood on top of one of the unfinished towers for over 500 years, and was used to finish the cathedral in the 1870s. The only reason why the cathedral stands today, is because it was used as a navigation landmark for allied pilots.

    • @user-dl1xz3mj3i
      @user-dl1xz3mj3i 5 лет назад

      lol
      The outside of the Cathedral is not made of black material, nor is it just dirty, instead, the sandstone which most of the building is made from reacts with the sulphuric acid in rain and turns dark grey, giving the Cathedral its distinctive dark colour over time. This is why repaired sections look much whiter and lighter than the rest of the building, although in time they will darken to match the older stone.

    • @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc
      @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc 3 года назад

      "the cathedral got its black color from smoke from all the burning buildings" - that would mean that no limestone building which was never affected by smoke from other buildings burning would have developed a darkened exterior.
      Try atmospheric reactions - and pollution from vehicles, particularly diesel pollution.

    • @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc
      @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc 3 года назад

      "The only reason why the cathedral stands today, is because it was used as a navigation landmark for allied pilots" - do you really think that aircraft bombing could have destroyed so much of that giant stone structure that it would never have been rebuilt, or that bomber pilots or their commanders would have chosen to use bombs to cause such destruction instead of bombing other targets in and around the city?

  • @tonettequeri8246
    @tonettequeri8246 4 года назад +3

    Marvelous beautiful huge building! Amazing experience to be able to visit and climb in 2005 due to a illustrated drawing years before.

  • @Earthnewz
    @Earthnewz 5 лет назад +3

    I have always been a fan of beautiful buildings,this is amazing

  • @bayzano
    @bayzano 5 лет назад +5

    "We paid thousands for that animation Charlie, please don't tell me you can't make it fit a couple of times more..."
    "It's a 7:30 Ralph, are you sure?"
    "... Thousands Charlie, thousands"

    • @dlbstl
      @dlbstl 5 лет назад +1

      LOL I kind of think that you're right Flashpoint

  • @floatingideas3226
    @floatingideas3226 4 года назад +1

    I would definitely watch a documentary like this...

  • @Transit_Biker
    @Transit_Biker 4 года назад +3

    It's a total mystery how anything has ever been built. We may never know how structures pop into existence!

    • @rosesffd345
      @rosesffd345 2 года назад

      Love of God and his blessings. Today's Atheist Europe will never built such thing

  • @kathryncarter6143
    @kathryncarter6143 4 года назад +1

    Definitely still amazing. Hope she'll be preserved for all the years to come.

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica 5 лет назад +7

    They sell pretty good schnitzel right next to the cathedral.

  • @remind1393
    @remind1393 Месяц назад

    You can not imagine how big and magnificent it is until you step out of the cologne main train station turn left and there it is in its full glory. It is really shoking.

  • @chrispaul1141
    @chrispaul1141 5 лет назад +5

    It makes you wonder how they built like that back then? no cranes no heavy machinery .. look at how this was constructed

    • @vloplob
      @vloplob 5 лет назад +1

      They did have cranes :) c8.alamy.com/compde/dgmk3d/historische-gravur-kolner-dom-mit-einem-kran-durch-wilhelm-von-abbema-1824-eingraviert-in-stahl-von-carl-mayer-kunst-dgmk3d.jpg

    • @m_christine1070
      @m_christine1070 2 года назад

      Definitely not built by humans

  • @torvanna1236
    @torvanna1236 5 лет назад +1

    Those buildings and sculptures everything is amazing

  • @Galaxyofbrian
    @Galaxyofbrian 5 лет назад +6

    They partied all night with glow sticks. 🎉

  • @ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali
    @ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali 5 лет назад +1

    Always in every place and time there are far sighted genius people whose work is futuristic relative to the era they live in.

  • @lovebeingamammaw2023
    @lovebeingamammaw2023 7 лет назад +11

    wow that is AWESOME i wonder if builders can copy the same as builders did back then 😁

    • @Л.С.Мото
      @Л.С.Мото 5 лет назад +2

      Of course they can. Take so more niggas, get the flogging going and you got yourself a nice copy in no time.

    • @Etaxe
      @Etaxe 5 лет назад

      well, there is a 1km+ building that is being constructed in Dubai

    • @Flying_Acehole
      @Flying_Acehole 5 лет назад

      Marry me, Lisa ♡♡♡♡♡

  • @hrvojevuksanovic2183
    @hrvojevuksanovic2183 5 лет назад +1

    I'm glad that so much of lost civilization architecture has survived after all!!

  • @harris8420
    @harris8420 6 лет назад +4

    The fucking music is so overdone

  • @razzaus1570
    @razzaus1570 3 года назад +2

    This would have been a lot better with no music.

  • @ahcokris
    @ahcokris 5 лет назад +4

    so these people really don't know it remained unfinnished until the 19.th century?

  • @Jhihmoac
    @Jhihmoac 4 года назад +1

    I stopped to tour the Kolner Dom when I visited Koln in 1990...Impressive Gothic structure!

  • @peterw.8434
    @peterw.8434 5 лет назад +4

    Here these many years of building finally payed of. I’d like to be able to say the same thing about Berlin‘s new airport BER...

  • @joefranks4235
    @joefranks4235 5 лет назад +1

    It should be mentioned that the stained glass was removed during WWII to protect them from the bombing raids. After the war there was a man who had headed up the project to put the stain glass back, but he objected to it being done. So plain glass was left in place until he had died. As you can see, the original stained glass is being put back in place. I was to the cathedral back in 1989 while the plain glass was still in place. It would be nice to go back and see the original glass back in place.

  • @ivaedisson1369
    @ivaedisson1369 5 лет назад +3

    Fantastic, jus keep it from fire like Notre Dame in Paris!

  • @Rikiiz91
    @Rikiiz91 4 года назад +1

    I hope they do one like this with the one in Mexico in Zamora, Michoacán. It's called "El Santuario de Guadalupe".

  • @Mo.Jo.
    @Mo.Jo. 4 года назад +3

    the sound effects and background music are so overpowering and unnecessary - relax with that will you?

  • @zinokkkk
    @zinokkkk 6 месяцев назад

    "Villain's hideout can be at anywhere"
    Villain's hideout:

  • @Paulo_Sa_Pereira
    @Paulo_Sa_Pereira 4 года назад +3

    DIVINE architecture. Can't imagine men getting to creature this BEAUTY without the supporting hand of God. This is impressive even today and not sure if with all the technology and knowledge we would be able to reach this level of achievement and perfection imagine how a common man or any sort of men those days would feel entering this environment. It would definitely be like entering another dimension closer to God. All the Glory to God ❤️🙏

    • @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc
      @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc 3 года назад

      "can't imagine" - there it is. You provided your own answer.

    • @mikemarcil9184
      @mikemarcil9184 Год назад

      What's even more impressive is how God can change the human heart , no cathedrals required... I understand what you are saying but God is not about outward appearances He's about whats inside 🙏

  • @OGLoc555
    @OGLoc555 5 лет назад +1

    They made a 7min video with explosions and overly loud dramatic music to tell me they illuminated with windows?
    Bravo

  • @shahinazismail1593
    @shahinazismail1593 5 лет назад +1

    Regardless the film's setting , the structure is a historic landmark. And wonderful .

  • @tomstamos8919
    @tomstamos8919 5 лет назад +3

    Dear History and Discovery, please stop the stupid dramatic music on every *FREAKING* video. Thank

  • @raflamar4146
    @raflamar4146 5 лет назад +1

    I could barely hear what was being said over the sound effects of the building exploding, contracting, and the whooshes

  • @messwithgame17
    @messwithgame17 5 лет назад +6

    How to build a church in *MINCRAFT 101*

    • @DenGospels
      @DenGospels 4 месяца назад

      It is beyond expression

  • @marenkuether-ulberg3311
    @marenkuether-ulberg3311 4 года назад +1

    I’ve never seen anything quite like this before. It’s completely astounding , sends chills up my spine and I really want to see it. Also, I appear to have a great-great grand parent (or so) from French Cologne - being that our name is Andre.

  • @adammosel4895
    @adammosel4895 6 лет назад +3

    St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City is a "mini" Cologne Cathedral.

    • @windstorm1000
      @windstorm1000 5 лет назад

      Yes. It is lighter too. A daintier. Energy.

  • @unidentifiedflyingbiatch6268
    @unidentifiedflyingbiatch6268 4 года назад +2

    Actually there were 2 of these big Church. But one was destroyed during the world war which is sad actually.

  • @mnrbrt
    @mnrbrt 5 лет назад +4

    So it was illuminated how? By sunlight and moonlight and big windows?

  • @dreadpiraterobertsii4420
    @dreadpiraterobertsii4420 5 лет назад +1

    Notre dame: burns*
    Cologne cathedral: blitz Grieg laughter intensifies*

  • @UNPLANNEDTRAVELLER
    @UNPLANNEDTRAVELLER 7 лет назад +6

    awwessssome video thanks for this one

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns1672 5 лет назад +1

    This video is as amazing as the cathedral .

  • @xXxSkyViperxXx
    @xXxSkyViperxXx 5 лет назад +5

    they sure do love repeatedly deconstructing the animation and repeating words

  • @shahsaudzamaan
    @shahsaudzamaan 5 месяцев назад

    when you spend all of your video budget in one exploded view of the cathedral

  • @mikeeverett2006
    @mikeeverett2006 5 лет назад +5

    Interesting video! It's very hard to concentrate on the information with that puke music playing though!