Palatine chapel / Aachen Cathedral / Aachener Dom / Imperial Cathedral / Palace Chapel of Charlemagne / Cross section of west front of chapel in 798. Detail: with reconstruction of towers / Carolingian; creation date: ca.786-794, creation date of choir: 1355-1414

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Work Title: Palatine chapel; Aachen Cathedral; Aachener Dom; Imperial Cathedral; Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
View Title: Cross section of west front of chapel in 798. Detail: with reconstruction of towers
Creator/Culture: architect: central octagonal by Odo of Metz (Frankish, 790-805)
Site/Repository: Site: Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Period/Date: Carolingian; creation date: ca.786-794, creation date of choir: 1355-1414
Dimensions: height of audience hall: 47.42 m, width: 20.76 m, dimensions of gatehouse: 29.57×15.10
Subjects: Aachener Dom; Cathedrals; Germany; Charlemagne, King of the Franks (Frankish patron, 0742-0814); Architecture; Chapels
Work Record ID: 135682
Image Record ID: 970433
Classification Filing Number: 173; A111; 2C R 6

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 970433
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-970433/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 970433. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-970433/1. May 21, 2024.