Cathedral

About town Cathedral Market

Cathedral

 

Aachen cathedral

The impressive Aachen Cathedral was erected on the orders of Charlemagne in 786 AD and was on completion the largest dome north of the Alps.

 

 

casket with Charlemagne's remains
after canonization in 1165

  On his death Charlemagne's remains were interred in the cathedral and can be seen there to this date.

 

 

altar

The coronation hall is on the first floor of the building. Inside you can find five frescos by the Aachen artist Alfre Rethel which show legendary scenes from the live of Charlemagne, as well as Charlemagne's signature.

Text from Wikipedia

 

the cathedral interior

 

Coronation Hall candelabra

 

 

 

dome

 

Virgin Mary

 

detail of medallion

 

cross

 

Pulpit

 

 

 

 

Dr. Dr. Klaus Hemmerle, Bishop of Aachen

 

 

early bishop grave

 

 

 

floor tile

 

 


 

Cathedral Treasury

 

Proserpina Sarcophasus
Rome, second century AD
transported from Italy at Charlemagne's behest
probably served as his tomb (died 814) until his
canonization in 1165

 

St Peter

 

 

painting of cathedral interior

 

baptism altarpiece

 

the Reliquary of Charlemagne
(contains the thigh bone of Charlemagne)


About town Cathedral Market

Aachen Bamberg Bayreuth Berlin Black Forest Christmas Markets Cologne Cows Dresden DDR Freiburg Goettingen Hamburg Heidelberg Koblenz Konstanz Leipzig Lübeck Mainz Main-Danube Canal Mecklenburg Danube Narrows Meissen Munich Munster North Sea Islands Nurnberg Passau Potsdam Regensburg Rhine river Rothenburg the Alps Trier Wertheim Wittenberg Wurzburg

World Heritage Mosaics Roman World Africa Antarctica Asia Atlantic Islands Australia Caribbean Central America Europe Indian Ocean Middle East North America Pacific Islands South America The Traveler Recent Adventures Adventure Travel

 

People and Places