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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.
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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]
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Aix-la-Chapelle Dutch: Aken Palatine Chapel (Aachen Cathedral), Aachen, Germany. Aachen, city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. Its municipal boundaries coincide on the west with the frontiers of Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Aachen (/ ˈ ɑː x ən / German: [ˈʔaːxn̩] (); Aachen dialect: Oche; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle French: [ɛks la ʃapɛl]; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum; Dutch: Aken) is a German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.It has about 260,000 inhabitants and a well-known university, the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH).
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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.
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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.
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Aachen Travel Guide. Introduction. Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle in French (which is also the name frequently used in English), is known for two things: its Dom (cathedral) and its associations to Charlemagne, the ruler of the Germanic Franks. The two are actually intertwined, for the Dom, at least in part, dates from Charlemagne's time. The town itself is both a medieval town and a spa town, which.
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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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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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Our Lady of Aix la Chapelle, built by Charlemagne in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was consecrated by Leo II in the year 804. This was the same year the Saxons submitted to the emperor, and there were assembled three hundred and fifty prelates for the consecration ceremony.