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Aachen Cathedral

Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen

Aachen Cathedral
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The first German site on the UNESCO World Heritage list. At its heart is the octagonal Palatine Chapel, built by Charlemagne around 800 AD, with gold mosaics and his marble throne. Thirty German kings were crowned here, and Charlemagne is buried in a golden shrine in the Gothic choir, famous for its tall stained-glass windows.


The treasury holds one of the most important church treasures in northern Europe. Aachen, on the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, also has hot springs and the Carolus Thermen spa.

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