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Category: Carolingian



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 ruled from Aachen and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD.

Featured Carolingian Churches

Aachen Cathedral
Aachen Cathedral
Aachen, Germany
  
Mustair Convent
Convent of St. John
Mustair, Switzerland
  
St Germigny des Pres
Germigny-des-Prés
Loire Valley, France

Carolingian Churches Index

Carolingian Churches in Austria
Linz: Martinskirche (700s)
Carolingian Churches in France
Germigny-des-Prés (805) 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) 		Carolingian Churches in Switzerland
Mustair: Convent of St. John (c.780)

Sources & More Information

  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)
  4. L'art carolingien - Art préroman



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