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Several buildings used by the clerics of the chapel were arranged in the shape of a latin cross: a curia in the East, offices in the North and South, and a projecting part (Westbau [21]) and an atrium with exedrae in the West. But the center piece was the chapel, covered with a 16,54 meters wide and 31 meters high octagonal cupola.
Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom) is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen.. One of the oldest cathedral buildings in Europe, it was constructed as the royal chapel of the Palace of Aachen of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814.
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.
The Palatine Chapel in Aachen is an early medieval chapel and remaining component of Charlemagne's Palace of Aachen in what is now Germany. Although the palace itself no longer exists, the chapel was preserved and now forms the central part of Aachen Cathedral. It is Aachen's major landmark and a central monument of the Carolingian Renaissance ...
St. Anthony's Chapel, Aachen; St. Michael's Church, Aachen; Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum; U. Uniklinikum Aachen; W. Aachen West station This page was last edited on 14 ...
The statue of St Stephen behind the Hungarian Chapel in the garden of the Cathedral (Sculptor: Imre Varga, 1993) Nowadays, the Chapel of Hungary is located to the right of the main entrance as you enter the main cathedral. The chapel, which, like the cathedral, is in excellent condition, is now an intimate space for quiet prayer in the church. [14]
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Aachen Cathedral. The principal church of the diocese is the Aachen Cathedral, of which the central part, the Palatine Chapel, was built in 800 under Charlemagne. It was also the first German World Heritage Site, inscribed in 1978. The diocese has two churches that have been given the status of basilica minorĖ