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Statue of Charlemagne (Aachen)

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in 1969, the statue was deposed on preservation grounds and replaced by the current copy. The original was exhibited in the town hall's Coronation Hall (
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museum. It has become the most popular image of Charlemagne in the monarch's chosen capital of Aachen.
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The statue in Aachen Town Hall, in 2013 before its transfer to the current location
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for protection and kept in the town hall's basement until re-erection in 1948.
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is a 1969 copy, and the original has been kept since 2014 at the nearby
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in the 1730s. The statue was appropriated by French troops during the
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gave it back to Aachen in June 1805 upon a request from Aachen Mayor
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Aachen Town Hall
Charlemagne
Aachen
Aachen Town Hall
Karlsbrunnen
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Centre Charlemagne
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Dinant
Trier family of bellfounders
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Johann Joseph Couven
Rhineland Campaign of 1792
Napoleon
Johann Wilhelm Gottfried von Lommessem
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coronation ceremony
World War II
Katschhof
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The statue as displayed in Centre Charlemagne in 2014
The statue in Aachen Town Hall, in 2013 before its transfer to the current location
Detail of head
Equestrian statue of Charlemagne (Cornacchini)
Alte Brücke (Frankfurt)
Statue of Charlemagne (Liège)
Charlemagne et ses Leudes
Iconography of Charlemagne
"Charlemagne became the symbol of Aachen"

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