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| | Medieval Cologne (Art 2/8) |
 | | Since Charlemagne had founded the archbishopric of Cologne, the city had already developed into one of the most influential cultural, political, and also economic centres of the Holy Roman Empire. |
 | | A distinct sign of this proximity is the tomb of Empress Theophanu, the wife of Otto II, a highly-educated, politically-active, and influential Byzantine princess, who brought many artists and academics with her to Germany from the Greek-Roman metropolis on the Bosporus. |
 | | As Empress, she always remained linked in a special way to Cologne and, at her own request, was buried in the Romanesque church of St. Pantaleon. |
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