The journey begins at night as Aachen Cathedral glows above the city's famous Christmas market. Twinkling lights fill the ...

One of Europe’s oldest cathedrals is getting a lot of attention for unearthing a group of relics tied to the little-known Saint Corona, who church representatives in Germany say is the patron saint of ...

Construction of this palatine chapel, with its octagonal basilica and cupola, began c. 790–800 under the Emperor Charlemagne. Originally inspired by the churches of the Eastern part of the Holy Roman ...

One gets the feeling of racing back to the pre-historic era when seeing a cathedral-like the one in Aachen. The building represents a great vision or even mission. It is in a world of its own and ...

AACHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Aachen Cathedral has dug out the relics of little-known Saint Corona, patron saint of resisting epidemics, from its treasure chamber and is polishing up her ...

Most of the bones were found in Charlemagne's gilded sarcophagus in Aachen Cathedral. Photo: DPA German scientists have announced after almost 26 years of research that the bones interred for ...

As the summer holidays approach, The Local is touring Germany's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. To kick things off, we visit Aachen's Imperial Cathedral. In 786 AD Charlemagne dreamed of creating a "new ...

One gets the feeling of racing back to the pre-historic era when seeing a cathedral-like the one in Aachen. The building represents a great vision or even mission. It is in a world of its own and ...

2013 Aachen Cathedral - Map of the inscribed property - minor boundary modification 2012 Aachen Cathedral - Map of the inscribed property The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are ...