7 October 2019 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Architecture, UNESCO World Heritage
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Aachen Cathedral is a
Roman Catholic church in
Aachen,
Germany, and the
see of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen. One of the oldest
cathedrals in
Europe, it was constructed by order of the
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 1802. In 1978, Aachen Cathedral was one of the first 12 items to be listed on the
UNESCO list of
world heritage sites.
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