> allegedly it will be covered by scaffolding for all of eternity. The first time I visited, I counted myself unlucky to have visited during maintenance. The s

> allegedly it will be covered by scaffolding for all of eternity. The first time I visited, I counted myself unlucky to have visited during maintenance. The second time I visited, I considered myself extremely unlucky to have visited twice during maintenance. By the third time I saw the Kölner Dom, I just assumed it would always be covered in scaffolding. It has been a source of frustration because it seems as if I've never seen many of the great European works of architecture in their full glory.