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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="كاتدرائية آخن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كاتدرائية آخن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaxen_kafedral%C4%B1" title="Aaxen kafedralı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aaxen kafedralı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat%C3%A9dral_Aachen" title="Katédral Aachen – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Katédral Aachen" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Ахенскі сабор – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ахенскі сабор" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Аахэнская катэдра – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Аахэнская катэдра" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedral_d%27Aquisgr%C3%A0" title="Catedral d'Aquisgrà – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Catedral d'Aquisgrà" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katedr%C3%A1la_Panny_Marie_(C%C3%A1chy)" title="Katedrála Panny Marie (Cáchy) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Katedrála Panny Marie (Cáchy)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domkirken_i_Aachen" title="Domkirken i Aachen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Domkirken i Aachen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Dom" title="Aachener Dom – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aachener Dom" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aacheni_toomkirik" title="Aacheni toomkirik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aacheni toomkirik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B1%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%86%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%BD" title="Καθεδρικός Ναός του Άαχεν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καθεδρικός Ναός του Άαχεν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Cathedral" title="Aachen Cathedral – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Aachen Cathedral" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedral_de_Aquisgr%C3%A1n" title="Catedral de Aquisgrán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Catedral de Aquisgrán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katedralo_de_Akeno" title="Katedralo de Akeno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Katedralo de Akeno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akisgrango_katedrala" title="Akisgrango katedrala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Akisgrango katedrala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="کلیسای جامع آخن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلیسای جامع آخن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath%C3%A9drale_d%27Aix-la-Chapelle" title="Cathédrale d'Aix-la-Chapelle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cathédrale d'Aix-la-Chapelle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_fan_Aken" title="Dom fan Aken – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Dom fan Aken" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Dom" title="Aachener Dom – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Aachener Dom" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedral_de_Aquisgr%C3%A1n" title="Catedral de Aquisgrán – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Catedral de Aquisgrán" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%97%A8_%EB%8C%80%EC%84%B1%EB%8B%B9" title="아헨 대성당 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아헨 대성당" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Ախենի տաճար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ախենի տաճար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachenska_katedrala" title="Aachenska katedrala – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Aachenska katedrala" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katedral_Aachen" title="Katedral Aachen – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Katedral Aachen" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B3mkirkjan_%C3%AD_Aachen" title="Dómkirkjan í Aachen – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Dómkirkjan í Aachen" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattedrale_di_Aquisgrana" title="Cattedrale di Aquisgrana – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cattedrale di Aquisgrana" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%AA%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%9F" title="הקתדרלה של אאכן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הקתדרלה של אאכן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="აახენის ტაძარი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აახენის ტაძარი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80henes_katedr%C4%81le" title="Āhenes katedrāle – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Āhenes katedrāle" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doum_Oochen" title="Doum Oochen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Doum Oochen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheno_katedra" title="Acheno katedra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Acheno katedra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aacheni_d%C3%B3m" title="Aacheni dóm – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aacheni dóm" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Ахенска катедрала – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ахенска катедрала" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%BD" title="ആക്കൻ കത്തീഡ്രൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആക്കൻ കത്തീഡ്രൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katidral_ta%27_Aachen" title="Katidral ta' Aachen – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Katidral ta' Aachen" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94" title="აახენიშ ოხვამე – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="აახენიშ ოხვამე" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B1%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%80%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AE%E1%80%92%E1%80%9B%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%98%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AD%E1%80%81%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="အေချင် ကသီဒရယ် ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အေချင် ကသီဒရယ် ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_van_Aken" title="Dom van Aken – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dom van Aken" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E5%A4%A7%E8%81%96%E5%A0%82" title="アーヘン大聖堂 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アーヘン大聖堂" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachenkatedralen" title="Aachenkatedralen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Aachenkatedralen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachenkatedralen" title="Aachenkatedralen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Aachenkatedralen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7" title="آخن گرجا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="آخن گرجا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katedra_w_Akwizgranie" title="Katedra w Akwizgranie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Katedra w Akwizgranie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedral_de_Aachen" title="Catedral de Aachen – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Catedral de Aachen" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domul_din_Aachen" title="Domul din Aachen – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Domul din Aachen" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Ахенский собор – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ахенский собор" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Cathedral" title="Aachen Cathedral – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Aachen Cathedral" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachensk%C3%BD_d%C3%B3m" title="Aachenský dóm – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Aachenský dóm" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" 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width:250px"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:larger; background-color: #FFCC99">Aachen Cathedral</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Aachener Dom</i></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg/220px-Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg/330px-Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg/440px-Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4690" data-file-height="3350" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Cathedral in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCC99">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ecclesiastical_province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ecclesiastical province (not yet started)">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Aachen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen (not yet started)">Diocese of Aachen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Year consecrated</th><td class="infobox-data">805</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCC99">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aachen_Cathedral&params=50_46_29.1_N_6_5_2.12_E_dim:500_region:DE-NW_type:landmark&title=Aachener+Dom"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°46′29.1″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°5′2.12″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.774750°N 6.0839222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.774750; 6.0839222</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Aachener Dom</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCC99">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Architectural_style" title="Architectural style">Architectural style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carolingian_architecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carolingian architecture (not yet started)">Carolingian</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ottonian_architecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ottonian architecture (not yet started)">Ottonian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Groundbreaking</th><td class="infobox-data note">796</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFCC99">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">73 m (239 ft 6 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">56 m (183 ft 9 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Spire" title="Spire">Spire</a>(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spire height</th><td class="infobox-data">72 m (236 ft 3 in)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-size:88%;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8691848">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border:4px solid #FFE153; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: i, ii, iv, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/3">3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1978 (2nd <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data category">0.2 ha</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Buffer zone</th><td class="infobox-data category">67 ha</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aachen Cathedral</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i>Aachener Dom</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Church" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Church">church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. It is one of the oldest <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedrals</a> in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a> ordered for it to be built in 796.<sup id="cite_ref-EA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Burial" title="Burial">buried</a> there when he died. The church was made a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> in 1978. It was one of the first World Heritage Sites listed.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building uses several types of <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Choir_(architecture)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Choir (architecture) (not yet started)">choir</a> is built in a <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a> style. The core of the building is a <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapel</a> built in a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carolingian_architecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carolingian architecture (not yet started)">Carolingian</a>-<a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> style. There are small parts that also use an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ottonian_architecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ottonian architecture (not yet started)">Ottonian</a> style, including an area around the <a href="/wiki/Throne" title="Throne">throne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DofA1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DofA1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen_Cathedral&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Gallery" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen_Cathedral&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Gallery"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 815px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Cathedral,_Germany.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral exterior"><img alt="Cathedral exterior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aachen_Cathedral%2C_Germany.jpg/120px-Aachen_Cathedral%2C_Germany.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aachen_Cathedral%2C_Germany.jpg/180px-Aachen_Cathedral%2C_Germany.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aachen_Cathedral%2C_Germany.jpg/240px-Aachen_Cathedral%2C_Germany.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="806" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cathedral exterior</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Exterior of the Palatine Chapel"><img alt="Exterior of the Palatine Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg/74px-Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg/112px-Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg/149px-Aachener_Dom_Pfalzkapelle_vom_M%C3%BCnsterplatz_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3204" data-file-height="5162" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Exterior of the Palatine Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of the Palatine Chapel"><img alt="Interior of the Palatine Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg/88px-Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg/132px-Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg/176px-Aix_dom_int_vue_cote.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2051" data-file-height="2800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior of the Palatine Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mosaics"><img alt="Mosaics" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg/90px-Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg/135px-Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg/180px-Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="1984" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mosaics</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mosaics"><img alt="Mosaics" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg/90px-Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg/135px-Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg/180px-Aachen_Cathedral_Octagon2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="1984" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mosaics</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarg_Karl.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shrine of Charlemagne (1215)"><img alt="Shrine of Charlemagne (1215)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Sarg_Karl.jpg/120px-Sarg_Karl.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Sarg_Karl.jpg/180px-Sarg_Karl.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Sarg_Karl.jpg/240px-Sarg_Karl.jpg 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="507" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Shrine of Charlemagne (1215)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Domschatz_Bueste1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reliquary bust of Charlemagne (treasury)"><img alt="Reliquary bust of Charlemagne (treasury)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Aachen_Domschatz_Bueste1.jpg/82px-Aachen_Domschatz_Bueste1.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Aachen_Domschatz_Bueste1.jpg/123px-Aachen_Domschatz_Bueste1.jpg 1.5x, 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Hungary)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen_Cathedral&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen_Cathedral&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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<span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Augustusburg_and_Falkenlust_Palaces,_Br%C3%BChl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl (not yet started)">Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><small>Town of</small> <a href="/wiki/Bamberg" title="Bamberg">Bamberg</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bauhaus" title="Bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> <small>and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau</small></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Museum_Island" title="Museum Island">Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><small>Classical</small> <a href="/wiki/Weimar" title="Weimar">Weimar</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral" title="Cologne Cathedral">Cologne Cathedral</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dessau-W%C3%B6rlitz_Garden_Realm&action=edit&redlink=1" 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<span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Hildesheim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Mary's Cathedral, Hildesheim (not yet started)">St. Mary's Cathedral</a> <small>and</small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Michael%27s_Church,_Hildesheim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (not yet started)">St. Michael's Church</a> <small>at Hildesheim</small></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speyer_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Speyer Cathedral (not yet started)">Speyer Cathedral</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><small>Historic Centres of</small> <a href="/wiki/Stralsund" title="Stralsund">Stralsund</a> <small>and</small> <a href="/wiki/Wismar" title="Wismar">Wismar</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bremen_City_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bremen City Hall (not yet started)">Town Hall</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bremen_Roland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bremen Roland (not yet started)">Roland</a> on the Marketplace of Bremen</span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Limes_(Roman_Empire)" title="Limes (Roman Empire)">Upper German Raetian Limes</a> <small>(with <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom (not yet started)">UK</a>)</small></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhine_Gorge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhine Gorge (not yet started)">Upper Middle Rhine Valley</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=V%C3%B6lklinger_H%C3%BCtte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Völklinger Hütte (not yet started)">Völklingen Ironworks</a></span> <b>·</b>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wartburg_Castle" title="Wartburg 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