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    220yds Aachen Cathedral    Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom) is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen. One...
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    Aachen Cathedral Treasury (German: Aachener Domschatzkammer) is a museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen under the control of the cathedral chapter...
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    Aachen (/ˈɑːkən/ AH-kən, German: [ˈaːxn̩] ; Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; Dutch: Aken [ˈaːkə(n)] ; French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum)...
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    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...
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    Renaissance. Charlemagne died in 814 and was laid to rest at Aachen Cathedral in Aachen, his imperial capital city. He was succeeded by his only surviving...
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    appointed as its first bishop. The principal church of the diocese is the Aachen Cathedral, of which the central part, the Palatine Chapel, was built in 800 under...
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    50°46′32″N 6°05′02″E / 50.77556°N 6.08389°E / 50.77556; 6.08389 The Palace of Aachen was a group of buildings with residential, political, and religious purposes...
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    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 Cathedral) and placed...
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    RWTH Aachen University (German: [ˌɛʁveːteːˌhaː ˈʔaːxn̩]), in German Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, is a German public research university...
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    Karlsschrein (category Aachen Cathedral Treasury)
    of Charlemagne) is located in Aachen Cathedral and contains the remains of Charlemagne. It was completed in 1215 in Aachen at the command of Frederick II...
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    Marienschrein (category Aachen Cathedral Treasury)
    The Marienschrein (Shrine of Mary) in Aachen Cathedral is a reliquary, donated on the order of the chapter of Mary around 1220 and consecrated in 1239...
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  • Proserpina sarcophagus (category Aachen Cathedral Treasury)
    was probably interred on 28 January 814 in Aachen cathedral. It is displayed today in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury. The ancient myth of the Rape of Persephone...
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    memorial. Some cathedrals, such as Aachen and Reims are the traditional coronation places of monarchs. Another civic function of the cathedral is the imparting...
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    California All-Seeing Eye on the gate of Aachen Cathedral Eye of Providence on the exterior of a cathedral in Salta, Argentina Eye of Providence depicted...
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    in or near Aachen. Aachener Printen were at least partially created due to the numerous pilgrims who wanted to visit the Aachen Cathedral. The Printen...
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  • Aachen Cathedral Lorsch Abbey Weimar Dessau Bernau Schwerin Wilhelmshöhe Berlin Corvey Augustusburg Bremen Quedlinburg Cologne Cathedral Erzgebirge Fagus...
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    Bust of Charlemagne (category Aachen Cathedral Treasury)
    Charlemagne's skull. The reliquary is part of the treasure kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Made in the Mosan region (the valley of the River Meuse)...
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    treasury of Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel, now Aachen Cathedral, and is today kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury. The Treasury Gospels and the more recent...
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    [citation needed] The Trier Cathedral Treasury The Essen Cathedral Treasury The Aachen Cathedral Treasury at the Aachen Cathedral (Germany), one of the most...
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    the square; in Aachen the same was done from the purpose-built tower gallery between the dome and the westwork tower of Aachen Cathedral. The popularity...
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    Fontana della Pigna in Rome or a bronze cone in the narthex of the Aachen Cathedral. Cones are also occasionally used as a charge in heraldic coats of...
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    the Talisman was kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, but then Marc-Antoine Berdolet [de] the first Bishop of Aachen gave it to the Empress Josephine...
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    was elected king of the Romans, Sanchia was crowned alongside him at Aachen Cathedral in 1257. Four years later, Queen Sanchia died aged around 36. Sanchia's...
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    Aachen Chapel of Hungary (Hungarian: Aacheni magyar kápolna) is a side chapel of the Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom), one of the oldest cathedrals...
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  • the city of Aachen, the district is by far the most populated, with over 168,000 residents. It contains both the Aachen Cathedral and Aachen Rathaus, which...
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    of the Romans (Romanorum Rex), usually at Charlemagne's throne in Aachen Cathedral by the Archbishop of Cologne in a solemnly celebrated ceremony. The...
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    Barbarossa Chandelier (category Aachen Cathedral)
    Palatine Chapel in Aachen Cathedral. The chandelier was a donation in honour of Mary, Mother of God, the patroness of Aachen Cathedral and simultaneously...
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    The Schwebebahn in Wuppertal MARTa Herford The state has Aachen Cathedral, the Cologne Cathedral, the Zeche Zollverein in Essen, the Augustusburg Palace...
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    Noli me tangere casket (category Aachen Cathedral Treasury)
    "Don't touch me") was a small silver-gilt casket made in 1356 for the Aachen Cathedral Treasury. It measured 15.2 cm in length, 3.7 cm in height and 4.8 cm...
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    and Shrine of Mary (Marienschrein, 1238), Aachen Cathedral Barbarossa Chandelier (1170), Aachen Cathedral Retable of the Pentecost (1160–1170, Cluny...
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