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Eginhard is Charlemagne's biographer; the name of the architect of the Palace of Aachen is known thanks to his work (14th/15th-century illumination) Historians know almost nothing about the architect of the Palace of Aachen, Odo of Metz. His name appears in the works of Eginhard (c. 775–840), Charlemagne's biographer.
Throne of Charlemagne in the palace chapel Sunset view of the Palatine Chapel. Charlemagne began the construction of the Palatine Chapel around 792, along with the building of the rest of the palace structures. [3] It was consecrated in 805 by Pope Leo III in honour of the Virgin Mary. The building is a centrally planned, domed chapel.
Aachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne) Evangeliary: Trier, Stadtbibliothek , Cod. 22 Saint-Martin-des-Champs Gospels or Paris Arsenal-Gospels c. 790 Aachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne) Evangeliary Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms. 599 Dagulf Psalter: before 795 Aachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne)
Aachen Cathedral c. 1900 To celebrate 1200 Years of Aachen Cathedral in 2000, the Federal Republic of Germany issued these commemorative stamps. 768–800: Aachen was the residence of Charlemagne. Construction of the palace (in the location of the modern Rathaus and Aachen Cathedral) on the site of a
The Throne of Charlemagne (German: Karlsthron or Aachener Königsthron, "Royal Throne of Aachen") is a throne erected in the 790s by Charlemagne, as one of the fittings of his palatine chapel in Aachen (today's Aachen Cathedral) and placed in the Octagon of the church.
Palatine Chapel (Octagon) in Aachen, Germany, now the central part of the cathedral Lorsch monastery gatehouse, Lorsch, Germany. Carolingian architecture is the style of north European Pre-Romanesque architecture belonging to the period of the Carolingian Renaissance of the late 8th and 9th centuries, when the Carolingian dynasty dominated west European politics.
With the accession of the future emperor Charlemagne (768) a scheme of educational reform was inaugurated, first in the palace school itself, and later in the various schools established or reformed by imperial decrees throughout the vast empire over which Charlemagne reigned. The reform of the palace school, i.e. the change from a school of ...
Entrance to the Aachen Cathedral Treasury The Ottonian Cross of Lothair Gothic Bust of Charlemagne. The Aachen Cathedral Treasury (German: Aachener Domschatzkammer) is a museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen under the control of the cathedral chapter, which houses one of the most important collections of medieval church artworks in Europe.