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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.
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 ...
The Ambon of Henry II (German: Ambo Heinrichs II.), commonly known as Henry's Ambon (Heinrichsambo) or Henry's Pulpit (Heinrichskanzel) [1] is an ambon in the shape of a pulpit built by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor in the Palatine chapel in Aachen (now Aachen Cathedral) between 1002 and 1014.
Possible reconstruction of Palace of Aachen, as built in the 790s. At the back is the Palatine Chapel, today the rotunda of Aachen Cathedral, in the foreground the aula regia (on the site of today's Aachen Town Hall, with the tower still standing). On the left the imperial bath spa.
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
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.
‘The rules of no pictures should apply to everyone,’ fan says in response to Stewart’s Instagram post Martha Stewart slammed for taking pictures in the Sistine Chapel during family vacation ...
The French emperor visited Aachen cathedral on 2 October 1804, and did not sit on the throne, out of respect. [ 1 ] 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 ...