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The Octagon Mystery: Aachen Cathedral: UNESCO Culture Sector
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The Mystery of the Octagon, Aachen Cathedral.
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Aachen is in western Germany, near the border with the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Charles the Great, King of the Franks, began the construction of his palace chapel in the late 8th century.
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He commissioned the construction of Aachen Cathedral, which features an octagonal dome, 32 meters high.
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His tomb is in the cathedral altar. It is adorned with engravings of the King and Pope Leo III.
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Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne as the Imperator Romanorum, Emperor of the Romans, in the year 800.
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The great dome above the altar is octagonal because Charlemagne placed special significance on the number 8.
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The numeral appears frequently in the Holy Bible. It was charged with symbolism in the Christian world during medieval times.
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An octagon can be made by drawing two intersecting squares within a circle.
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The circle represents God's eternity, while the square represents the secular world.
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The four corners also represent the four directions to heaven and the four characteristics of man.
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Charlemagne saw the number 8 as symbolizing the power of the Franks and the Roman Empire, the ruler of both the secular and religious worlds.
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The Franks were later to become known as the Holy Roman Empire.
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The Emperor's throne, built in the 10th century, overlooks the altar.
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The two relics in his hands were symbols of his power as ruler of the two worlds.
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Charlemagne is holding a scepter symbolizing his rule of the secular world in his right hand,
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while in his left he holds an orb, the symbol of the religious world.
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Charlemagne is holding a scepter symbolizing his rule of the secular world in his right hand,
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while in his left he holds an orb, the symbol of the religious world.
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- Nivel Intermedio
- Autor/es:
- NHK World Heritage 100 Series - UNESCO
- Subido por:
- EducaMadrid
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
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- 542
- Fecha:
- 1 de junio de 2007 - 10:52
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Enlace Relacionado:
- UNESCO
- Duración:
- 02′ 26″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
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