Friday, September 19, 2008

Aachen, even more glitter

My tip, visit Aachen, an hour from Cologne, the capital of Charlemagne, the coronation place of the Holy Roman Emperors.
Practically every amazing piece of early splendid gold work, I have seen in books, seemed to be in the treasury of Aachen, there is lots I just couldn't find pictures of.







2 comments:

Rubricarius said...

Super photos. Did you take any of the church interiors?

gemoftheocean said...

Great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

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