{"id":24276,"date":"2023-09-12T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echt-koeln.de\/meet5-guided-tour-melaten-where-cologne-lives-forever\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:44:56","slug":"meet5-guided-tour-melaten-where-cologne-lives-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echt-koeln.de\/en\/meet5-guided-tour-melaten-where-cologne-lives-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet5 Guided tour Melaten &#8211; Where Cologne lives forever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melaten is not just a cemetery, Melaten is urban history, art history, a landscape conservation area, a cultural space and an oasis in the middle of the city. Before Melaten became a cemetery over 200 years ago, it was already a place of execution and leprosy far outside the city gates. Today, the cemetery is the final resting place for many Cologne residents; there are around 55,000 graves here. 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