| The Palatine Chapel is the most dramatic portion of the palace at Aachen, Germany, built from about ad 792 to 805 for Charlemagne, the famed king of the Franks who conquered much of Europe during the late 8th and early 9th centuries. The Palatine Chapel shares the octagonal, centralized, and vaulted structure of earlier Byzantine churches, but the massive vaults and piers of the entire palace are more typical of Romanesque architecture. The palace at Aachen stands as one of the finest examples of Carolingian architecture and as one of the first Romanesque structures. |
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