Day 1
Aachen
Aachen is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. It is the westernmost major city in Germany, lying approximately 61 km (38 mi) west of Cologne and Bonn, directly bordering Belgium in the southwest, and the Netherlands in the northwest.
Estimated route logistics
From Aachen Cathedral Treasury to Vinzenzbrunnen, with 8 ordered stops.
Distances and travel times are estimates based on the ordered stops. Check live directions and opening information before leaving.
Aachen Cathedral Treasury
The Aachen Cathedral Treasury is a museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen under the control of the cathedral chapter, which houses one of the most important collections of medieval church artworks in Europe. In 1978, the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, along with Aachen Cathedral, was the first monument on German soil to be entered in the List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Source and further informationProserpina Sarcophagus
The Proserpina sarcophagus is a Roman marble sarcophagus from the first quarter of the third century AD, in which Charlemagne was probably interred on 28 January 814 in Aachen Cathedral. It is displayed today in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury.
Source and further informationParadiesbrunnen
Aachen Chapel Of Hungary
Aachen Chapel of Hungary is a side chapel of the Aachen Cathedral, one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe.
Source and further informationBust Of Charlemagne
The Bust of Charlemagne is a reliquary from around 1350 which contains the top part of Charlemagne's skull. The reliquary is part of the treasure kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Made in the Mosan region, long a centre of high-quality metalwork, the bust is a masterpiece both of late Gothic metalwork and of figural sculpture.
Source and further informationAachen Cathedral
Aachen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen.
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