On an ordinary day, the small town of Aachen in northwest Germany is a typical German town of cobbled streets, narrow buildings with whimsical facades, and a historic town centre. But this was not an ordinary day. theepochtimes/n3/905918-germany-the-legacy-of-charlemagne/ At the new exhibition in Aachen’s Centre Charlemagne, art lovers from all over Europe were crowding around fabulous 9th century objects that included lavish illuminations on manuscripts of purple parchment, exotically carved ivories in delicate gilded frames, and a gold broach crusted with rare jewels. Down the street, the Dom, Aachen’s ancient cathedral, was open to visitors on a pilgrimage that takes place every seven years. Pilgrims wearing green scarves and medieval Christian tokens around their necks had travelled from all over to pray before articles of clothing that, it was claimed, had once belonged to Jesus and the Virgin Mary.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:26:17 +0000