PPT realizado por las alumnas de 2º ESO, IES "Virgen de la Caridad", como tarea final de exposición oral sobre el Imperio Carolingio. Proyecto bilingüe.

1. CHAPEL OFCHAPEL OF
AQUISGRANAQUISGRAN

2. Mosaics areMosaics are
everywhere in theeverywhere in the
church. There arechurch. There are
mosaics on the wallsmosaics on the walls
and even on ceilingsand even on ceilings
in the roofin the roof..

3. The mosaics are
composed of
tiles.
The tiles are
small painted
pieces of stone.

4. On theOn the
walls,walls,
there arethere are
a lots ofa lots of
beautifulbeautiful
mosaics.mosaics.

5. In all ofIn all of
the ceilingthe ceiling
there arethere are
beautifulbeautiful
mosaicsmosaics

6. PALATINE CHAPELPALATINE CHAPEL
FROM OUTDOORSFROM OUTDOORS
The building has two
floors and is crowned by a
dome.
This is a central plan.
Attached to this plan
there are two small
buildings with basilica
floors and an atrium with
a portico.

7. It's is of Roman
style because it
has: arches, thick
walls and small
narrow windows.
But it has
elements of
Gothic style too
such as the vault.

8. The doors
are made
of bronze
and have
wrought
iron
railing.

9. THE ASSEMBLY ROOMTHE ASSEMBLY ROOM
This is located to the north of the
Court (Palatine) complex and it was
destined to hold the general complaints
once a year. This was a meeting of the
most important people of the kingdom,
that is to say, high placed dignitaries
that occupied the seats of the power:
counts and vassals of the king, bishops
and abbots .The general assembly
usually took place during May; the
participants in the same one were
discussing there the political and judicial
matters of importance.
The dimensions of the room were
adapted to hold several hundreds of
persons at once.

10. THE EXCHEQUER AND THETHE EXCHEQUER AND THE
FILESFILES
They were in a tower attached to
the great room, to the north of the
complex. The chamberlain was the
person in charge of the exchequer.
The exchequer brought together
the donations contributed by the
grandees of the kingdom in the
general assemblies or the gifts of the
ambassadors, that is to say, a
collection of objects that included
beautiful books, weapons and gowns.
Equally, the king acquired goods
from the merchants who came to
Aachen.

11. The AltarThe Altar
This is the
altar of
Palatine
Chapel in
Aachen
-Germany

12. The altar is made of gold
and there are many mosaics
on it.

13. Marga Ramos DerquiMarga Ramos Derqui
Ángela Molina GámizÁngela Molina Gámiz
Inma Ripoll PérezInma Ripoll Pérez
Cristina DelgadoCristina Delgado
Ana Mª Muros LópezAna Mª Muros López
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