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Aachen Cathedral: Then and Now

Palatine Chapel built by Charlemagne around 796–805, where he was buried and where German kings were crowned for six centuries.

Historical view
Aachen Cathedral, historical view
The cathedral around 1900. Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
Aachen Cathedral, today
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayGermany
StatusStanding
DateAD 796
Nearest city on the mapCologne (about 64 km)
Location50.775° N, 6.084° E
Map showing Aachen Cathedral in AD 700Aachen Cathedral
Border map for AD 700. See Europe in AD 700.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCHallstatt culture
323 BC–2 BCUnclaimed / no data
1 BC–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Constantinus)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Franks
600–799Frankish Kingdom
800–999Carolingian Empire
1000–1649Holy Roman Empire
1650–1782Luxembourg
1783–1879Prussia
1880–1913Germany
1914–1919German Empire
1920–1944Germany
1945–1959Germany (UK)
1960–1993West Germany
1994–todayGermany

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