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Aachen Cathedral: Gothic Choir

Gothic Choir

The Gothic choir or "Capella Vitrea" (Glass Chapel) dates from 1414. The walls are filled with 13 jewel-toned windows rising 100 feet high. The original windows were badly damaged by fires and finished off by the bombing raids of World War II; the present glass dates from the 1950s.

Credit: Holly Hayes