AACHEN CATHEDRAL Deutschland Germany

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On the way to Aachen
Aachen is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with approximately 250,000 inhabitants. In 1978, the cathedral in Aachen was awarded the first German cultural monument, and was included as the second cultural monument in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Flint quarries on the Lousberg, Schneeberg, and Königshügel, first used during Neolithic times (3000-2500 BC), attest to the long occupation of the site of Aachen, as do recent finds under the modern city's Elisengarten pointing to a former settlement from the same period. Bronze Age (around 1600 BC) settlement is evidenced by the remains of barrows (burial mounds) found, for example, on the Klausberg.
During the Iron Age, the area was settled by Celtic peoples who were perhaps drawn by the marshy Aachen basin's hot sulphur springs where they worshipped Grannus, god of light and healing.
As a spa city, Aachen has the right to name itself Bad Aachen, but chooses not to, so it remains on the top of alphabetical lists.
Aachen's name in French and German evolved in parallel.
The city is known by a variety of different names in other languages:
Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom) is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the seat of the Roman Catholic 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. The church has been the mother church of the Diocese of Aachen since 1930.
In 1978, Aachen Cathedral was one of the first 12 items to be listed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites, because of its exceptional artistry, architecture, and central importance in the history of the Holy Roman Empire.
History
Charlemagne began the construction of the Palatine Chapel around 796, along with the rest of the palace structures.
The construction is credited to Odo of Metz.
The exact date of completion is unclear; however, a letter from Alcuin, in 798, states that it was nearing completion, and in 805, Pope Leo III consecrated the finished chapel.[5] A foundry was brought to Aachen near the end of the 8th century and was utilized to cast multiple bronze pieces, from doors and the railings, to the horse and bear statues.[
Charlemagne was buried in the chapel in 814.
It suffered a large amount of damage in a Viking raid in 881, and was restored in 983.
Following Charlemagne's canonization by Antipope Paschal III in 1165, the chapel became a draw for pilgrims.
Due to the enormous flow of pilgrims, in 1355 a Gothic choir hall was added, and a two-part Capella vitrea (glass chapel) was consecrated on the 600th anniversary of Charlemagne's death.
A cupola, several other chapels, and a steeple were also constructed at later dates. It was restored again in 1881, when the Baroque stucco was removed.
Floorplan of Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel
During World War II, Aachen, including its famed cathedral, was heavily damaged by Allied bombing attacks and artillery fire, but the cathedral's basic structure survived.
Many of the cathedral's artistic objects had been removed to secure storage during the war, and some which could not be moved were protected within the church itself.
However, the glazing of the 14th-century choir hall, the Neo-Gothic altar, a large part of the cloister, and the Holiness Chapel (Heiligtumskapelle) were irretrievably destroyed.
Reconstruction and restoration took place intermittently over more than 30 years, and cost an estimated €40 Million.
The so-called She-wolf, a Roman female bear from the 2nd century. Recent research has dated the figure back to the age of ancient Greece, claiming it to be part of a hunting scene.
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