page_title: Saint Justin's Church, Frankfurt-Höchst
section_title: The Carolingian basilica
hierarchical_section_title: Saint Justin's Church, Frankfurt-Höchst / The Carolingian basilica
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karolingisches Kapitell in korinthischer Ordnung mit Kämpferaufsatz in der Justinuskirche, Frankfurt-Höchst
context_page_description: The Carolingian Saint Justin's Church in Frankfurt-Höchst is the oldest building in Frankfurt/Main and one of the oldest churches still existing in Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Justin the Confessor.
  The Catholic basilica originates from around 830, and the late gothic chancel was built from 1441. The church stands at the east of the old part of the town Höchst, looking over the Main river.
  On the one hand, St. Justin's is important for its stonework, and on the other hand, it is important as being one of the few nearly completely surviving early medieval churches - which has been continuously used for around 1200 years.
context_section_description: The original church was a six-bay basilica with three sanctuaries and apses at the east end. The entrance was originally at the west end of the central nave, but is now on the north side of the church at the northern sanctuary. The aisle windows have been replaced, and late gothic chapels were added on the north side. Also the apses were removed following the alterations.
  The remainder of the Carolingian work is however intact: the two other sanctuaries, the central nave with small round-arched clerestory windows, the flat ceiling, the aisles, and at the top of the two sets of five columns - Corinthian capitals, which belong to the most important works of Carolingian art.
caption: Carolingian capital
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