狂欢之城人口百万的城市在中国并不算少,但人口97万、位于莱茵河畔的科隆市对德国人来说已经是一座超大城市。这是一座古老而美丽的城市,也是一座现代化气息极强的大都市。早在公元前38年,罗马人就在此设要塞,公元50年成为罗马帝国的一个城市。如今科隆的英文名称“Cologne”也是从那时的“Colonia”演变而来。中世纪,科隆被定为威斯特法伦大主教的驻地,城池几经扩建,人口达到4万,超过了巴黎和伦敦。战争不时打断科隆城的发展,但是科隆人总能 Carnival City The city with a population of one million is not small in China but its population is 970,000. The city of Cologne on the Rhine is already a mega-city to the Germans. This is an ancient and beautiful city, is also a very modern metropolis. As early as 38 BC, the Romans set up a fort there and in 50 AD became a city of the Roman Empire. Now Cologne’s English name “Cologne ” also evolved from that time “Colonia ”. In the Middle Ages, Cologne was home to Archbishop of Westphalia, which expanded to more than 40,000, surpassing Paris and London. The war interrupted the development of Cologne from time to time, but Cologne always able