Aachen Cathedral Altar
I was being very pleased with my visit to the Aachen Cathedral. This is a UNESCO World Heritage site listed cathedral in the city of Aachen in Western Germany. I was glad to see that the cathedral has a different design to the Cologne cathedral which I visited the previous day. One thing which annoyed me was that there were a lot of students at the time of my visit. It seems that they were on a field trip and to top if all off, they were all over the place. I think they were given activities to do which is naturally related to the cathedral. As a result, I wasn’t able see the altar area just because there were so many people in the middle.
Stained Glass Windows at the Aachen Cathedral
When visitors enter the cathedral, they would end up at right in front of the altar area. The central area of the Palatine Chapel was off limits to visitors so people would have to go around the chapel and then back out of the cathedral. When I first entered, there were too many people and I didn’t get to take photos of the altar at the time. I did manage to wait out all the people and find a spot to take photos from. The altar is arguably the most impressive part of the cathedral. The golden altar stands out in the rather dark altar area. There is also the Marienschrein which apparently contains several important Christian relics. Behind this all is the beautiful stained glass window. This is made even better by the fact that it is bright and sunny outside.
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