Karlsschrein
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thumb|upright=1.5|Karlsschrein at Aachen Cathedral thumb|upright|Front gable end thumb|Detail: Charlemagne enthroned between church officials
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- reliquary
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Aachen
- Collection
- Aachen Cathedral
- Image
- AC Dom Karlsschrein2.jpg
- Height
- 94
- Width
- 57
- Length
- 204
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- Commons category
- Karlsschrein (Aachen)
- inception
- 1215-00-00
- contains
- human skeleton
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Construction
- The iconographic concept
- Anthropological investigation
- Inventory and securing, 1983–88
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright=1.5|Karlsschrein at Aachen Cathedral thumb|upright|Front gable end thumb|Detail: Charlemagne enthroned between church officials
The Karlsschrein () is located in Aachen Cathedral and contains the remains of Charlemagne. It was completed in 1215 in Aachen at the command of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne's remains had been in the Palatine Chapel of the cathedral until 1165, when Frederick Barbarossa placed the remains in a sarcophagus beneath the floor of the cathedral.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karlsschrein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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