The Aachen Cathedral with its Palatine Chapel is the oldest in Northern Europe and has high symbolic value. It dates from about 800 AD. The Emperor Charlemange himself had overseen the construction work, until it finally complied with his wishes. What they actually had built was a palace for him, of which now only the church remains. During the 14th and 15th centuries new features as the choir were added to the church, in the then fashionable Gothic style. More additions followed in the follo