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The Aachen Chapel: Charlemagne's Octagon and the Birth of an Empire
In this episode, Lucas and Luna step inside the Palatine Chapel at Aachen, the octagonal heart of Charlemagne's empire. Built around 800 CE, this stunning structure fused Roman, Byzantine, and Germanic traditions into something entirely new — a physical claim that the Frankish king was the rightful heir of Rome. We trace how Charlemagne imported ancient columns from Ravenna, hired builders who knew the secrets of San Vitale, and crowned his son Louis the Pious in a space designed to echo Solomon's Temple. We also unpack the chapel's afterlife: how it became the coronation site…
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