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Carolingian Churches

Below is a working index of Carolingian churches - that is, churches from the late 8th and 9th centuries in northern Europe. The period was initiated by (and named for) Charlemagne, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD and based in Aachen.




Carolingian Churches in France
Saint-Germigny-des-Pres Saint-Philibert-de-Grand-Lieu (814-47)
Carolingian Churches in Germany
Aachen - Palatine Chapel (792-805) Corvey Abbey (885)
Fulda - St. Michael (822)
Frankfurt-Höchst - Saint Justinus' Church, (830)
Lorsch Abbey (c.800)
Reichenau Island - St. George, Oberzell (888)
Steinbach - Einhard's Basilica (827)
 

Sources

  1. Kenneth John Conant, Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture 800-1200 (Pelican History of Art) (Yale University Press, 1993).
  2. Carolingian Architecture - Wikipedia
  3. Artemedievale.net (France, Spain, Italy)



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