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Cologne Cathedral: Cleaning sandstone with sand

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March 18, 2022

Sandstone has been used for construction purposes for centuries – and was the chief material used to build Cologne Cathedral. To clean the church's now black façade, restorers are turning to the very material the building is made of: sand.

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