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St Peter's Church, Cologne

St Peter's Church, Cologne St Peter's Church, Cologne - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

St Peter's Church (Sankt Peter) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, run by the Jesuits. The painter Rubens was baptised in the church and his The Crucifixion of St Peter is on display there – it was commissioned in 1638 by the Cologne art collector and businessman Eberhard Jabach. Mariana Hanstein: Peter Paul Rubens’ Kreuzigung Petri. Ein Bild aus der Peterskirche zu Köln. Böhlau, Köln – Weimar – Wien 1996. The building also houses the 'Kunst-Station Sankt Peter', a centre for contemporary art, music, and literature. Read more on Wikipedia

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