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Cathedral of AixlaChapelle aka Aachen ♥ Aachen Cathedral, Cologne

Cathedral Aix-la-Chapelle - Aachen Dom by Loic Lagarde | Jan 4, 2020 | Germany | 0 comments We start this trip with the magnificent Aachen Cathedral (Aachen Dom) right on the border between Germany and Belgium. It is the oldest in Northern Europe (786) and was built by Emperor Charlemagne.


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AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (Ger. Aachen, Dutch Aken), a city and spa of Germany, in the kingdom of Prussia, situated in a pleasant valley, 44 m. W. of Cologne and contiguous to the Belgian and Dutch frontiers, to which its municipal boundaries extend.Pop. (1885) 95,725; (1905) including Burtscheid, 143,906. Its position, at the centre of direct railway communications with Cologne and Dusseldorf.


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In 814, Charlemagne was buried here. Charlemagne made the Frankish royal estate of Aachen, which had been serving a spa ever since the first century, his favourite abode. The main buildings of the Imperial Palace area were the Coronation Hall (aula regia - located in today´s Town Hall) and the Palace Chapel - now Aachen Cathedral.


AixlaChapelle (ville de l'Allemagne) Guide voyage

Introduction. Aachen (Aken in Dutch, Oche in Ripuarian dialect, Aix-la-Chapelle in French ; pop. 257,000) is one of the oldest and most important cities in German history.Founded as a spa town by the Romans, it became the preferred residence of Emperor Charlemagne. In medieval times, Aachen was the (unofficial) capital of the Holy Roman Empire and the crowing place of German kings.


Chapelle palatine d'AixlaChapelle AixlaChapelle, Deutschland

1. Aachen Cathedral Aachen Cathedral Sometimes referred to as the Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom) or by its English name, the Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom) has the distinction of not only being one of Europe's first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but also one of its oldest such buildings.


Congress of AixlaChapelle Peace Treaty, Holy Roman Empire

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, (Oct. 18, 1748), treaty negotiated largely by Britain and France, with the other powers following their lead, ending the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).


Aix La Chapelle au cœur de l’Europe Objets de légende

Aachen, French Aix-la-Chapelle, City (pop., 2007 est.: 258,770), western Germany, southwest of Cologne.It was inhabited by Romans in the 1st century ad.A center of Carolingian culture, and the second city of Charlemagne's empire, it was the site of his great palace. The cathedral built by Charlemagne c. 800 saw the coronation of most German kings of the 10th-16th century; his chapel, with.


AixlaChapelle Allemagne

Aachen Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle or the Kaiserdom of Aachen (German: Aachener Dom ), is a Roman Catholic Church in Western Germany. A building of great historical significance, it is the oldest church in northern Europe. It was built by Emperor Charlemagne and was an important site for imperial coronation and.


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Charlemagne is in the foreground. In ancient times, the Romans chose the site of Aachen for its thermal springs and its forward position towards Germania. The site, called Aquae Granni, was equipped with 50 acres (20 ha) [1] of thermae that remained in use from the 1st to the 4th century. [2]


Cathédrale d'AixlaChapelle Aachen Dom Loic Lagarde

Palatine Chapel (Aix-la-Chapelle), Aachen, begun c. 792, consecrated 805 (thought to have been designed by Odo of Metz), significant changes to the architectural fabric 14-17th centuries (Gothic apse, c. 1355; dome rebuilt and raised in the 17th century, etc.), mosaics and revetment from the 19th century, columns looted by French troops in the 1.


Marvinblog AIXLACHAPELLE

Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom) is one of the most famous and most interesting historic buildings in Germany. It was originally the palatine chapel of Charlemagne and for almost six centuries the church where German kings were crowned.


Day 3 Postcard from Germany Aachen or Aix la Chapelle L o i r e D

Aachen is known as Aachen in German, Aix-la-Chapelle in French, and as Aken in Dutch. Aachen Cathedral is known as Aachener Dom in German, the local language. Contents [ show] A history of Aachen Cathedral


Vue intérieure de la chapelle palatine d'AixlaChapelle Palatine

Aachen Cathedral ( German: Aachener Dom) is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the seat of the Diocese of Aachen . One of the oldest cathedrals in Europe, it was constructed by order of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814. From 936 to 1531, the Palatine Chapel saw the coronation of thirty-one German kings and twelve queens.


AixlaChapelle — Wikivoyage, le guide de voyage et de tourisme

Aachen ( / ˈɑːxən / ⓘ AH-khən, German: [ˈaːxn̩] ⓘ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle [a]; Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 252,000 inhabitants.


Cathédrale d'AixlaChapelle, Allemagne 5 raisons de la visiter

Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom) in western Germany is one of the oldest continuously in use buildings in Germany. The octagonal core of the church was built by Charlemagne as a Mary chapel attached to his palace in Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen.


"Cathedral Of AixlaChapelle, Aachen, Germany." by Stocksy Contributor

The Free Imperial City of Aachen, also known in English by its French name of Aix-la-Chapelle and today known simply as Aachen, was a Free Imperial City and spa of the Holy Roman Empire west of Cologne [1] and southeast of the Low Countries, in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. [2]

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