Aachener Dom | Aachen, Germany

[Matthieu]

Here is the cathedral of Aachen, built near the now destroyed palace of Charlemagne where he founded Aix la Chapelle as a capital of his Frankish empire and that is now German.

The city is now Aachen and the cathedral is rated as world heritage by the UNESCO.

http://www.lodging-germany.com/info/Aachen/images/aachen-domgroot.jpg

http://www.planet-venture.de/grafik/dom.jpg

http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mjf/DOM_AC.jpg

http://palimpsest.lss.wisc.edu/~moeders/gr601/geschichte/frma/karolinger/aachen-dom-aussen.jpg

http://www.oih.rwth-aachen.de/~hendrik/aachenerdom/365-12+13-oktogon-aachen-dom-gross.jpg

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/revue-inv/001/fr06_V.jpg

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/revue-inv/001/fr17_V.jpg

http://architecture.reli2.free.fr/images/aix/reliquaire_charlemagne.jpg

http://www.uni-leipzig.de/ru/bilder/passion3/aachen01.jpg

[Hed Kandi]

northern europe on the outside but italian on the inside nice building 8

[Monkey]

9/10

very nice.

When was it built?

[Matthieu]

9/10

very nice.

When was it built?


The original part is from Charlemagne, can't tell for all the cathedral. Hard to tell. But it's one of the oldest gothic (for the gothic part) for sure.

[Tazmaniadevil]

8.0 I've been in this church, and it is one of the most unusual buildings in Europe. It gets at least an 8.0 for its originality.

[Phobos]

yes Tazmaniandevil,surely is one of the most ununsual buildings in Europe.It looks like they build through the ages a church on top of another.
9.0/10

[CborG]

unusual shape 8.5/10

[Raine]

9,5/10

[Ellatur]

i thought i posted in this.. w.e. 10

[Fabio]

9/10


just awesome, really awesome

[LuckyLuke]

Unique! 9,5

[Indexi]

Gorgeous 9.5/10

[Valia]

9.5/10

yes indeed, unique, high, adn very pretty

[eduardo89]

9/10, very unusual, but beautiful. i've been inside a couple of times and its just breath taking. its probably the most unique church i've ever been to.

[JohnnyMass]

one of the most unusual and recognisable german churches!10/10

[El_Greco]

9/10 nice

[Lares]

9/10

[gohcan]

9/10

[forvine]

9/10

[xXMrPinkXx]

10/10 even for it´s age and historic importance!

From Wikipedia:

The Aachen Cathedral, frequently referred to as the "Imperial Cathedral" (in German: Kaiserdom) of Aachen, is the oldest cathedral in northern Europe. Charlemagne began the construction of the Palace Chapel in 786. When he died in 814, he was buried in his own cathedral, and his bones are still preserved in a special shrine.

The cathedral obtained its present shape in the course of more than a millennium. The core of the Aachen cathedral is the Palace Chapel; being surprisingly small in comparison to the later additions, at the time of its construction it was the largest dome north of the Alps. Its fascinating architecture with Classical, Byzantine and Germanic-Franconian elements is the essence of a monumental building of great importance: for 600 years, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen cathedral was the church of coronation for 30 kings of the Holy Roman Empire.

[Sinjin P.]

9.5/10

[Vrysxy]

nice 9/10

[Animo]

10/10

[Mosaic]

10/10

[Arpels]

10/10

[Principes]

7.5/10

[crossbowman]

9.5/10 :shocked:

[clarky]

9/10

[Dreamlıneя]

9 :)

[(((myx)))]

9.

[gutooo]

9/10

[erbsenzaehler]

9,5/10

It's so special and impressive, I can't describe how great it feels to be inside that stunning building :)

Only the fact that it should be partly renovated downrate it a bit (0,5 points) for me ;)

[stustaple]

The greatest cathedral in germany! without doubt. 10.

[billyandmandy]

love it! 10/10

[Lucas.]

absolutly fantastic. And all the histroy behind it.

[W!CKED]

7/10

[marpa]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Aachen_Dom_um_1900.jpg/789px-Aachen_Dom_um_1900.jpg
Der Aachener Dom um 1900

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Aachen_Cathedral_North_View_at_Evening.jpg/800px-Aachen_Cathedral_North_View_at_Evening.jpg
wikipedia.org (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Dom)

9,5/10

[KoolKeatz]

9/10 Beautiful church and important history

[Memmori]

Going to visit it in January.
The pictures are gorgeous. Sure it will be even more outstanding in reality.
9,5/10.

[LMCA1990]

8/10

[peterdn]

9,5/10

[Popiel]

9,5/10 :)

[Nikkodemo]

8.5/10

[Bikes]

Really amazing building. Aachener Dom = Aachen Cathedral (www.aachencathedral.com) right?!

[Harkeb]

9.

[Filipe_Teixeira]

8/10

[ZZ-II]

9/10

[stasiua]

9/10