Aachen Exterior

The cathedral is actually in an opening in the center of the city surrounded by the shops and buildings of the city center. When Heinrich finally found his way to the cathedral he noticed that there were lots of different parts of the building. They seemed to just be stuck here and there.

 

Nearby he found a model that showed the design of the cathedral. It started out as a small church, but when Charlemagne became powerful the Church started to grow part by part. Later when the city was the capitol of the Empire, lots of people contributed to growing the cathedral bigger and bigger.

 

It was interesting to match up the pieces of the model with the sections of the cathedral. Some of the pieces were so high up they were hard to see clearly. There was actually a bridge that ran from the big man tower to the central dome.

 

Near the base of the cathedral was a statue of one of the saints. Someone had made him a very nice cloak out of gold material and draped it over him.

On the façade of the cathedral were many very nicely carved statues. These were too high for anyone to put clothes on them. Most of them looked like they were either new or very well preserved.