Authorities in Cologne closed off a large section of the ... three unexploded mega-bombs from World War II. ... zone covers the city's UNESCO-listed 13th-century cathedral, 58 ...

Central Cologne in particular was nearly decimated in 1942 as the first target of the British Royal Airforce's "thousand bomber raids," famously leaving the city's renowned Gothic cathedral nearly ...

The area close to the UNESCO-listed Cologne Cathedreal, known as the tallest twin-spired cathedral in the world, is near the radius. Specifically, there are two 1,000kg bombs and a 500kg bomb, the ...