udied geographyand climate well when they erected this linkbetween the Romanesque-Lombardic style ofthe south and the Gothic of the north. That portion of the present cathedral atAix-la-Chapelle which was built by Charle-magne is the octagonal projection toward theeast. It forms a truly regal… … A IX-LA-CHAPELLECATHEDRAL Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine injured by an earthquake a few years afterits completion. Later it was plundered by the Normans,and it suffered disastrous fires in 1146, 1234,1236, and 1656, having in consequence under-gone many material changes. Its external features…
Cathedrals · Rhine River Valley -- Description and travel
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