Tagged With "Immanuel Kant"

Well, that'll teach me to believe the first thing I see. Duped by a pretty picture. I should have looked further when the caption read it was a 20th C. church. Now I know what Kreuzkirche really looks like (do I care...no). Indeed, also called Cathedral of Immanuel Kant (himself being a permanent resident), begun c.1333.

Most people seeing this picture of the Old Cathedral in Kaliningrad, Russia, assume they’re looking at the 19th-century because of the red-brick construction. But they’re wrong! The cathedral was begun in 1333 and nearly finished by 1380,...