Sacred Spaces, ctd.

The cathedral in Aachen, in what is now Germany, formerly Aix-La-Chapelle, the seat of Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire. Oldest cathedral in Europe, started in 792. These are images of the Carolingian octagon. The original structure is based on the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. Romanesque with Gothic add-ons in later years.

Aachen Cathedral, Nancy Charak photograph, August 2009

Aachen Cathedral, Nancy Charak photograph, August 2009