Description: This is the Plan of Cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle. It is an example of Romanesque and Gothic architecture in Germany. It was built in 796 AD. The scale is in feet. &qout;With the exception of the church built at Trèves (Their) by the empress Helena, of which small portions can still be traced in the cathedral, there are no remains of earlier date than the tomb-house built by Charlemagne at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), which, though much restored in the 19th century, is still in good preservation. It consistsÉof an octagonal domed hall surrounded by aisles in two [stories], both vaulted; externally the structure is a polygon of sixteen sides, about 105ft. in diameter, and it was preceded by a porch flanked b turrets."
Source: , The Enctclopædia Britannica a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information Eleventh Edition Volume II Andros to Austria (New York, NY: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910) 405
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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