page_title: Aachen Cathedral
section_title: Notable items
hierarchical_section_title: Aachen Cathedral / Notable items
caption_attribution_description: Aachener Dom, Karlsthron
context_page_description: Aachen Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen.
  One of the oldest cathedrals in Europe, it was constructed by order of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814. From 936 to 1531, the Palatine Chapel saw the coronation of thirty-one German kings and twelve queens. The church has been the mother church of the Diocese of Aachen since 1802.
context_section_description: Aachen Cathedral houses a collection of medieval art objects from the late Classical, Carolingian, Ottonian and Staufian periods which are exceptional in their artistic and religious meaning.
caption: Karlsthron (Throne of Charlemagne)
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