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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.
Carolingian architecture is the style of North European architecture promoted by Charlemagne. The period of architecture spans the late eighth and ninth centuries until the reign of Otto I in 936, and was a conscious attempt to create a Roman Renaissance, emulating Roman , Early Christian and Byzantine architecture , with its own innovation ...
The palace is also distinguishable from Merovingian architecture by its large scale and the multiplicity of volumes. [38] The vaulting of the chapel illustrates an original Carolingian expertise, [39] especially in the ambulatory topped with a groin vault. [3] Whereas Byzantine emperors sat in the east to watch offices, Charlemagne sat in the west.
Exterior view Interior view. 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.
The Merovingian dynasty were replaced by the Carolingian dynasty in 752 AD, which led to Carolingian architecture from 780 to 900, and Ottonian architecture in the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-10th century until the mid-11th century. These successive Frankish dynasties were large contributors to Romanesque architecture.
A westwork (German: Westwerk), forepart, avant-corps or avancorpo is the monumental, west-facing entrance section ("west front" [1]) of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church. The exterior consists of multiple stories between two towers. The interior includes an entrance vestibule, a chapel, and a series of galleries overlooking the nave ...
Inside view of the Palatine Chapel, by Odo of Metz Oratory of Germigny-des-Prés, by Odo of Metz. Odo of Metz [a] or Eudes of Metz(fl. c. 806 – c. 811) was a Frankish [1] architect, considered of Armenian origin, [2] [3] who lived in the Carolingian Empire during Charlemagne's reign.
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